Author : Pseudo-Geber
Release : 1991
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 642/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Summa Perfectionis of Pseudo-Geber by : Pseudo-Geber
Download or read book The Summa Perfectionis of Pseudo-Geber written by Pseudo-Geber. This book was released on 1991. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present work contains a critical edition, translation, and study of the "Summa perfectionis" of Pseudo-Geber, the most influential of the many texts of medieval alchemy. The study addresses such questions as the author's identity, his corpuscular theory of matter, the influence of the "Summa," and its own sources.