Chemical reactions reflect human dramas, which reflect celestial movements, which reflect the mind of the divine.

A spirited tour of alchemy shows how it bridged everything from chemical reactions, medicine and craft to philosophy, art and religion. When physicist Ernest Rutherford and chemist Frederick Soddy ...

Around 1680, Robert Boyle, author of The Sceptical Chymist (1660), described meeting a stranger who demonstrated an unusual experiment. Tipping some ruby-coloured powder onto the blade of a knife, he ...

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