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The Age of Alchemy
How Early Innovators Shaped Modern Chemistry
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The first chemists were Sri Lankan steel forgers in the first century BCE, alchemists who emerged in Roman Egypt; herbalists in Tang Dynasty China and engineers in eighth-century South America. The Enlightenment is usually credited with the origins of chemistry. But in truth, the science blossomed...
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Reach through time and across continents to see the history of chemistry as it's never been told
Reach through time and across continents to see the history of chemistry as it's never been told
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The first chemists were Sri Lankan steel forgers in the first century BCE, alchemists who emerged in Roman Egypt; herbalists in Tang Dynasty China and engineers in eighth-century South America.
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 millennia, blurring science and mysticism in search of answers to life's greatest mysteries.
Join Kit Chapman on a global quest to achieve immortality, cure all disease and transmute lead into gold as he reveals the illuminating stories of how the alchemists first broke new ground and shaped the scientific method.
The Age of Alchemy invites readers to explore the fascinating journey of early scientific development through the lens of historical alchemists across the world.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781805221159
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 30 April 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Profile Books Ltd
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 32.0mm
Width: 158.0mm
Height: 238.0mm
Weight: 520g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Kit Chapman is an award-winning science communicator and adventurer. He has a masters degree in pharmacy, a PhD in the history of science, and is now a lecturer at Falmouth University. He has written for publications including Nature, New Scientist, Chemistry World and the Telegraph. His work has taken him to more than 100 countries to seek out amazing tales from the cutting edge of science.
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