The story of the first porcelain made in Europe gives some insight into the older threads, like alchemy, that are woven into modern chemistry, says Roald Hoffmann, a professor of humane letters in the ...

At the heart of alchemy was the quest to turn ordinary metals into gold. Despite the hopelessness of that goal, alchemists ...

The traditional grand narrative of the scientific revolution styles it as a decisive rejection of magic and mysticism in favor of rationality and empiricism. This engaging study of early modern ...

A SOCIETY for the Study of Alchemy and Early Chemistry has been founded in London. It is intended to place the study of alchemy and early chemistry on a broad basis, and for this reason the Council of ...

The Chemical Heritage Foundation wants to set the record straight about alchemy. The medieval practice, often perceived as a dark art or pseudoscience, actually helped form the process of scientific ...

Elisabeth Gruner does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

An engraved plate attributed to Augsburg printmaker Martin Engelbrecht in the early eighteenth century depicts an 18th-century engraving of a ragged, impoverished alchemist. Before he was a well-known ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Jon Moulton's stinging rebuke to fellow partners on leaving private equity firm Alchemy is as much a sign of his antagonistic character as a symbol of the make-or-break choices the ...

Associate Professor Grace Stokes helps her chemistry students visualize equations by integrating Python coding into her curriculum. Associate Professor Grace Stokes helps her chemistry students ...