The Devil's Doctor
Author(s): Philip Ball
Who was Paracelsus and what did he believe and practice? This book presents Paracelsus as a more complex man - who used his eyes and ears to learn from nature how to heal, and who wrote influential books on medicine, surgery, alchemy and theology while living a drunken, combative, vagabond life.
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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. 20040315
Formerly on the staff of Nature, Philip Ball is now a full-time writer. He lives in London. His books include the Science Book prizewinner Critical Mass, H20 and Bright Earth.
General Fields
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- : randnz
- : randnz
- : 0.722
- : 02 February 2006
- : 241mm X 155mm X 38mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Philip Ball
- : Hardback
- : 1
- : 199.494092
- : 448
- : c 60 b&w