such as alchemy and medicine.This book covers an increasingly popular subject among both history students and the general public. It is updated and expanded in the light of recent scholarship, offering greater treatment of key topics such as alchemy and medicine. It contains accounts of all of the important figures and movements of the scientific revolution in early modern Europe.Peter Dear creates a fascinating picture of the origins and development of scientific thought and practice in early modern Europe. The second edition of this successful text has been updated and expanded in the light of recent scholarship, offering greater treatment of key topics such as alchemy and medicine.

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