Alchemy and Alchemists by Charles John Samuel Thompson

Alchemy and Alchemists

Charles John Samuel Thompson

288 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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Alchemy, whose beginnings — possibly in Egypt, Babylon, India, or China — are ancient and obscure, remained undocumented until about 2500 BC. Although it may have originated with metallurgy, the practice rapidly developed an association with magic...

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