- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Dover Publications Inc. (30 May 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0486421104
- ISBN-13: 978-0486421100
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 13.9 x 1.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,667,772 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In this profusely illustrated, well-researched study, a noted expert documents the long history of alchemy (for centuries it was also the history of chemistry), covering such topics as the influence of astrology on alchemy, the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life, notable alchemical manuscripts, the alchemist's laboratory and apparatus, alchemical symbols and secret alphabets, famous alchemists through history, the dawn of scientific chemistry, and more. While alchemy today is considered a pseudoscience, the author points out that "There is little doubt that the search for the Philosopher's Stone and the attempts to discover a method of transmuting metals were the cause of actual work with a variety of substances, and that as the result a considerable knowledge of materials used in applied chemistry was acquired." Anyone interested in the origins and history of this age-old and still-mysterious discipline - as well as the history of chemistry - will welcome this concise, authoritative study.
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