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Promethean Ambitions : Alchemy and the Quest to Perfect Nature
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William R. Newman
Publication date:
2004
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University of Chicago Press
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9780226575247
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9780226577128
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9780226577135
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2004
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10.7208/chicago/9780226577135.001.0001
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Book chapters
pp. 1
Introduction from Alchemical Gold to Synthetic Humans
pp. 11
Imitating, Challenging, and Perfecting Nature
pp. 34
Alchemy and the Art-Nature Debate
pp. 115
The Visual Arts and Alchemy
pp. 164
Artificial Life and the Homunculus
pp. 238
The Art-Nature Debate and the Issue of Experiment
pp. 290
Afterword Further Ramifications of the Art-Nature Debate
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