Can alchemy be described as a protoscience? Do ancient texts with obscure formulas and procedures describe mystic rituals and allegoric visions? Or do they record instructions to carry out real ...

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Part 1 explores mercury’s long and complicated story from ancient alchemy to modern industry and why it’s both useful and dangerous. We’ll cover its chemical properties, historical extraction and ...

Though the stories in this volume have been told before in other books, Morris (The Evolutionists; Time's Arrow) manages to make the history of the periodic table's conception fresh and quirky one ...