The age of alchemy the secret history of chemistry from ancient magic to modern science

"3,000 years ago, on the banks of the Tigris in what is now known as Iraq, a woman perfumer named Tappūtī mastered the control of temperature and the arts of distillation, calcination, condensation, filtering, purification, fixation, and sublimation, unknowingly staking her claim as the first chem...

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Main Author: Chapman, Kit (Science journalist) (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Vancouver ; Berkeley ; London : Greystone Books, 2026.
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