The Chemistry of Alchemy

I finished a great book last night: The Chemistry of Alchemy, by Cathy Cobb, Monty Fetterolf, and Harold Goldwhite.  It’s a history of alchemy, but Cobb et al. aren’t historians.  They’re chemists.  The chapters on history alternate with alchemical experiments the reader can do at home.  Obviously there’s no formula for Read more…