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Tag Archives: John Elliott
Simon Schaffer on losers: The Unfortunate Chemist
Last night Simon Schaffer gave the 75th anniversary lecture of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry: The Unfortunate Chemist: the tribulations of chemical philosophy in an age of revolution. It was about losers, chemists (or chymists) who … Continue reading
