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Alchemy

Alchemy

by E. J. Holmyard

A concise history of alchemy from Greco-Egyptian origins through the Arabic and Latin traditions to the early modern period, written by a chemist and historian who specialised in Arabic alchemy. Long a standard introduction, it remains readable though dated on some points.

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