The Devil's Doctor
Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2007
Summary
The first ‘life and times’ in over forty years of one of the most fascinating figures of scientific history, by the winner of the 2005 Aventis Science Book Prize.Brings to life the ferment of post-Reformation Europe, in the spirit of Frances Stonor Saunders’ Hawkwood.Philip Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim - known to later ages as Paracelsus - stands on the borderline between medieval and modern; a name that is familiar but a man who has been hard to perceive or understand. Conte…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099457879 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099457873 |
| Author: | Philip Ball |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2007 |
| Weight: | 309g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 27mm |
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Praise for The Devil’s Doctor Brilliant… This prodigiously learned volume can only reinforce Ball’s reputation as one of our most versatile and gripping science writers. John Carey
Praise for The Devil’s DoctorBrilliant… This prodigiously learned volume can only reinforce Ball’s reputation as one of our most versatile and gripping science writers. John Carey
* Sunday Times *Stirring and fascinating reading… This is a remarkable piece of work, entertaining and edifying in a way in which so few biographies are. Niall Griffiths * Telegraph *‘This biography is a study of a culture as well as of a man, and in analysing the life and thought of Paracelsus, Ball brings to light a largely forgotten phase of human understanding. It is a considerable achievement.’ Peter Ackroyd * The Times *[A] wonderfully rich biography… Inspiring and important.’ * Guardian *Praise for Critical Mass:‘This is a wide-ranging and dazzlingly informed book. I can promise you’ll be amazed.’ Bill Bryson
* Daily Express *About The Author
Philip Ball
Philip Ball writes regularly in the scientific and popular media and worked for many years as an editor for physical sciences at Nature. His books cover a wide range of scientific and cultural phenomena, and include Critical Mass- How One Thing Leads To Another (winner of the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books), The Music Instinct, Curiosity- How Science Became Interested in Everything, Serving The Reich- The Struggle for the Soul of Science Under Hitler and Invisible- The history of the Unseen from Plato to Particle Physics.
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