Central Europe Yearbook

Alchemy and Science in Early Modern Central Europe

An Interview with Tara Nummedal on Furnace and Fugue

James Brueckel

University of Minnesota

Keywords: alchemy, Tara Nummedal, interview, science

Abstract

James Brueckel, a student at the University of Minnesota, interviews Tara Nummedal, professor of history at Brown University, about her research on alchemy and the new book and digital project,  Furnace and Fugue: A Digital Edition of Michael Maier's Atalanta fugiens (1618) with Scholarly Commentary, which she co-edited with Donna Bilak. The interview was edited by Tanner Deeds, a graduate student at the University of Minnesota.