Alchemy is possible - if you have a nuclear reactor

Nuclear-powered alchemy could even be key to transitioning the world away from fossil fuels, according to one San Francisco ...
C&EN

‘Alchemy still has a sort of cultural cachet; it just seems incredibly romantic’

Philip Ball sits in front of a full bookcase and looks to his left. Philip Ball Credit: Mei de Greff In his newest offering, Ball turns back the clock to study alchemy. C&EN reporter Bethany Halford ...
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Transforming matter : a history of chemistry from alchemy to the buckyball / Trevor H. Levere

First steps: from alchemy to chemistry? -- Robert Boyle: chemistry and experiment -- A German story: what burns, and how -- An enlightened discipline: chemistry as science and craft -- Different kinds ...
Nature

Alchemy: discredited pseudoscience or chemistry’s worthy ancestor?

A spirited tour of alchemy shows how it bridged everything from chemical reactions, medicine and craft to philosophy, art and religion. When physicist Ernest Rutherford and chemist Frederick Soddy ...