The secrets of alchemy
Though the history of alchemy is intricately linked to the history of chemistry, alchemy has nonetheless often been dismissed as the realm of myth and magic, or fraud and pseudoscience. This book brings alchemy out of the shadows and restores it to its important place in human history and culture.
Print Book, English, 2012
University of Chicago Press ; University Presses Marketing [distributor], Chicago, Ill., Bristol, 2012
History
pages cm
9780226682952, 9780226923789, 0226682951, 0226923789
802293749
What is alchemy?
Origins : Graeco-Egyptian chemeia
Development : Arabic al-kīmiyā
Maturity : Medieval Latin alchemia
Redefinitions, revivals, and reinterpretations : alchemy from the eighteenth century to the present
The golden age : practicing chymistry in the early modern period
Unveiling the secrets
The wider world of chymistry