Sciencemadness Discussion Board

"Chymists" were real scientists after all

The WiZard is In - 27-5-2011 at 17:18

"As cryptic manuscripts and century old labware yield their
secrets, scholars are coming to realize that medieval "chymists"
were real scientists after all."

Science 332 [6032] 914-15 20 May 2011

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Noted in passing — Lawrence M Principe is the author of —
The Aspiring Adept : Robert Boyle and His Alchemical Quest
Princeton U Press 1998