Alchemy : an illustrated history of elixirs, experiments and the birth of modern science / Philip Ball.
Pubblicazione:
New Haven : Yale university press, c2025.
Descrizione fisica:
256 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Introduction. 1. Black earth : the origins of alchemy 2. Elixirs : alchemy in the East 3. Chrysopoeia : the quest for gold 4. Books of secrets : the uses of alchemy 5. Puffers : the alchemical laboratory 6. Theater of the world : the chemical philosophy 7. Alchemical wars : controversies of alchemy 8. Crucibles : from alchemy to chemistry 9. Transmutations : alchemy in culture. Index. Further reading. Credits
