
The Age of Alchemy
Chapman, Kit (Author)
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The first chemists were Sri Lankan forgers who crafted unimaginably strong steel millennia before it should have been possible. They were alchemists in Roman Egypt, who designed apparatus still in use today. They were Stone Age leatherworkers, Tang Dynasty herbalists and Mayan stoneworkers.The Enlightenment is usually credited with the origins of chemistry, but in truth, the science blossomed gradually. As early innovators distilled, smelted, forged and fermented their way through the centuries, they blurred science and mysticism in search of answers to life's greatest mysteries. Join Kit Chap...
ISBN (SKU)
9781805221159
Pages
320
Weight
520g
Dimensions
238x158x32
Imprint
Profile Books
Published
30, April, 2026
Genres
Popular Science
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