

In her book ‘The Chemical Philosophy of Robert Boyle’, Dr Marina Banchetti-Robino at Florida Atlantic University offers an analysis of Boyle’s chemical philosophy as it related to his support for the Cartesian mechanistic theory of matter. One of the most prominent thinkers to make advances in this area was Robert Boyle. In this period, great progress was made towards a better and more accurate understanding of chemical substances, including their structure, properties, and how they relate to one another. The modern study of chemistry has its foundations in the alchemy of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the early 17 th century. She explains the ways in which Boyle departed from his predecessors to create a more complex and complete chemical philosophy that went beyond the chemistry of his predecessors. In her book, The Chemical Philosophy of Robert Boyle: Mechanism, Chymical Atoms, and Emergence, she offers a detailed account of the mechanistic theory of matter advanced by Robert Boyle. Dr Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino is a researcher at Florida Atlantic University.
