The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science by Philip Ball

The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science

Philip Ball

444 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
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Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim, who called himself Paracelsus, stands at the cusp of medieval and modern times. A contemporary of Luther, an enemy of the medical establishment, a scourge of the universities, an alchemist, an...

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