Alchemy in Byzantine times was a long intellectual tradition blending Ancient Greek science, Egyptian symbolism, and ...

I have been writing a book about gold, including a chapter on the ancient art of alchemy. Alchemy is a paradox. On the one hand, it is bogus science. You cannot turn base metals into gold. A universal ...

Alchemy was a form of early modern chemistry. Alchemists sought to create the so-called philosophers' stone in order to, among other goals, change metals such as lead into gold. For Newton and other ...