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Religion, Alchemy, and Scientific Innovation in the Middle Ages

University of Kansas

A lecture by Prof. Lawrence Principe (Johns Hopkins University)

Thursday, April 25th

6:00 PM

Location TBD

This lecture is free and open to the public. If you can't make it to the lecture, make sure to listen to the recording after it is published on the Thomistic Institute podcast.

About the speaker:

Prof. Principe’s research focuses on the Medieval and early modern periods, with emphasis on the history of science (especially alchemy and chemistry), and the science-religion dynamic down to the present day. He is the Drew Professor of the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University in the Department of History of Science and Technology and the Department of Chemistry, and Director of the Charles Singleton Center for the Study of Premodern Europe. He holds degrees from the University of Delaware (B.S. Chemistry and B.A. Liberal Studies), Indiana University (Ph.D. Organic Chemistry) and Johns Hopkins (Ph.D., History of Science).

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