- Item #: 978-0500028148

- Anna Tjalsma-Pogorzelec

“Fantastic

ISBN 978-1-60606-321-7

Alchemy: An Illustrated History of Elixirs, Experiments, and the Birth of Modern Science GARDEN SM - Item #: 978-0500028148Flush with hundreds of illustrations, this book revisits the histories of chemistry, medicine, ideas, and culture through the lens of alchemy The craft of alchemy has intrigued and mystified people since antiquity. Many early cultures are known to have experimented with chemical transformations: from dyes, glazes, and cosmetics in Bronze Age Egypt to life extending elixirs pursued by scholars in ancient China and India. Many have also attempted to