Philip Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim - known to later ages as Paracelsus - is a man who has been hard to perceive or understand. He has been see... » 

Philip Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim - known to later ages as Paracelsus - is a man who has been hard to perceive or understand. He has been seen as both a charlatan and as a founder of modern science. This is his biography and it reveals the richness, complexity and chaos of sixteenth century Europe. «