炼金术的秘密
The secrets of alchemy
Lawrence Principe · 初版 2012 年
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“在The Secrets of Alchemy中，该领域的全球顶尖权威之一Lawrence M. Principe让炼金术走出阴影，恢复其在人类历史与文化中应有的重要地位。通过考察炼金术究竟是什么，以及它是如何起源、发展并与诸多思想和追求相交织的，Principe阐释了这一实践。他生动刻画了炼金术在近代早期欧洲鼎盛时期的地位，进而探讨了炼金术如何融入更广阔的宇宙观与人类观，并触及了它在文学、美术、戏剧以及宗教中经久不衰的地位……”
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对炼金术历史感兴趣的人，我推荐 Lawrence M. Principe 写的《The Secrets of Alchemy》。对这门学科的真实历史有极其深刻的见解，而且完全没有陷入那些神神秘秘的鬼扯里。https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Alchemy-Lawrence-M-Principe/d...
For anyone interested in the history of alchemy, I recommend "The Secrets of Alchemy" by Lawrence M. Principe. Great insight into the actual history of the subject without getting caught up in hidden-mystery bs. https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Alchemy-Lawrence-M-Principe/d...
这是近年少有的几部炼金术历史著作之一。如果你对技术层面感兴趣，我强烈推荐 Lawrence M. Principe 的《The Secrets of Alchemy》。他既是化学家也是历史学家，通过复现古代技术获得了很独到的见解。
This is one of a few recent histories of alchemy. If you are interested in the technical aspect, I strongly recommend "The Secrets of Alchemy" by Lawrence M. Principe. He is a chemist as well as historian, and has gained insight through replicating ancient techniques.
> 我最近读了 Lawrence Principe 的《The Secrets of Alchemy》，太喜欢了，尤其是他在自己的实验室里尝试复现古代炼金术配方。有时他还真成功了！比如他尝试制作“锑硫”…
> I recently read The Secrets of Alchemy by Lawrence Principe, which I loved, especially because he tries to replicate ancient alchemical recipes in his own lab. And sometimes he succeeds! For instance, he attempts to make the “sulfur of antimony”…
在《The Secrets of Alchemy》这本精彩的历史书里，对这个观点有着极好的探讨。作者实际去操作了一些被认为是无稽之谈的炼金术配方。但在特定条件下（使用铁质器具、粗糙的温度控制、不纯的原料），它们居然生成了…
excellent exploration of this idea in the wonderful history book “The Secrets of Alchemy”. the author actually followed some alchemical recipes which were thought to be nonsense. yet under the right conditions (using iron implements, bad control of temperatures, impure materials) they produced…
正如 Lawrence Principe 在其《The Secrets of Alchemy》中所指出的，炼金术实际上是我们现代“化学”概念的前身。炼金术士们的工作是有理论基础的，这些理论受到启发并常常融合了关于…的“非科学”观念
As Lawrence Principe points out in his Secrets Of Alchemy, Alchemy was in fact the precursor to our modern notion of 'Chemistry'. The alchemists had theoretical foundations for their work which were inspired by and often incorporated 'unscientific' notions of…