{"product_id":"joan-baptista-van-helmont-9780521526555","title":"Joan Baptista Van Helmont","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVan Helmont's theories on the nature of life, biological time, physiology and disease, the structure of matter, and the processes of chemical change are rendered obscure by Renaissance his tendency to mysticism. This intellectual biography, the culmination of many years of reflection on the topics discusses, illuminates Van Helmont's creative insights.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface; Abbreviations; 1. The life of Van Helmont in the light of his endeavour; 2. New aims: the hunt for perfect knowledge; 3. The nature of nature; 4. Biological ideas; 5. The ontological conception of disease; 6. Final assessment; Bibliography of Van Helmont; Index.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767674143063,"sku":"9780521526555","price":41.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780521526555.jpg?v=1758714338","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/joan-baptista-van-helmont-9780521526555","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}