The secrets of alchemy

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Main Author: Principe, Lawrence M
Format: Book
Language:Undetermined
English
Published: University of Chicago Press 2013
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : what is alchemy? -- Origins : Graeco-Egyptian chemeia -- Development : Arabic al-kimiya -- Maturity : Medieval Latin alchemia -- Redefinitions, revivals, and reinterpretations : alchemy from the eighteenth century to the present -- The gold