The last sorcerers : the path from alchemy to the periodic table /

What we now call chemistry began in the cauldrons of mystics and sorcerers seeking not to make a better world through science, but rather to make themselves rich. But among these early magicians, frauds, and con artists were a few far-seeing alchemists who, through rigorous experimentation, transfor...

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Main Author: Morris, Richard, 1939-2003 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, [2003]
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