A History of Magic and Experimental Science |
Contents
Natural History Especially of Animals | 3 |
Botany | 58 |
Pharmacy | 82 |
Chemical Courses and Manuals | 104 |
Robert Boyle | 170 |
Other Exponents of Experimentation | 202 |
Academies and Scientific Societies | 232 |
Miscellaneous and Popular Science | 264 |
Astrology After 1650 | 302 |
Alchemy and Chemistry After 1650 | 352 |
Medicine and Physiology 403 | 365 |
Physiognomy 448 | 393 |
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References to this book
Moral Panics: The Social Construction of Deviance Erich Goode,Nachman Ben-Yehuda No preview available - 1994 |