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A portrait of the sixteenth-century Swiss physician and alchemist evaluates the myths attributed to his character and his contentious relationship with the medical establishment and universities of his time, in an account that traces his journeys across Europe and his achievements in light of period intellectual, political, and religious factors.
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Brilliant... This prodigiously learned volume can only reinforce Ball's reputation as one of our most versatile and gripping science writers. John Carey" (Sunday Times)
"Stirring and fascinating reading... This is a remarkable piece of work, entertaining and edifying in a way in which so few biographies are. Niall Griffiths" (Telegraph)
"'This biography is a study of a culture as well as of a man, and in analysing the life and thought of Paracelsus, Ball brings to light a largely forgotten phase of human understanding. It is a considerable achievement.' Peter Ackroyd" (The Times)
"[A] wonderfully rich biography... Inspiring and important.'" (Guardian)
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'This is a wide-ranging and dazzlingly informed book. I can promise you'll be amazed.' Bill Bryson" (Daily Express)
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Brilliant... This prodigiously learned volume can only reinforce Ball's reputation as one of our most versatile and gripping science writers. John Carey" (Sunday Times)
"Stirring and fascinating reading... This is a remarkable piece of work, entertaining and edifying in a way in which so few biographies are. Niall Griffiths" (Telegraph)
"'This biography is a study of a culture as well as of a man, and in analysing the life and thought of Paracelsus, Ball brings to light a largely forgotten phase of human understanding. It is a considerable achievement.' Peter Ackroyd" (The Times)
"[A] wonderfully rich biography... Inspiring and important.'" (Guardian)
"Praise for Critical Mass:
'This is a wide-ranging and dazzlingly informed book. I can promise you'll be amazed.' Bill Bryson" (Daily Express)
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.
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- PublisherFarrar Straus & Giroux
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0374229791
- ISBN 13 9780374229795
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