Alchemy: An Illustrated History of Elixirs, Experiments, and the Birth of Modern Science BTS Books This is a Trace-Along title

This is a Trace-Along title

culminating in the chronological arrangement to be completed in early 2018

The court of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II produced nothing more amazing than the Mira calligraphiae monumenta

With Line Clausen Pedersen

artfully positioned fruits and vegetables in the golden age of the painted still-life

Alchemy: An Illustrated History of Elixirs, Experiments, and the Birth of Modern Science BTS Books This is a Trace-Along titleFlush with hundreds of illustrations, this book revisits the histories of chemistry, medicine, ideas, and culture through the lens of alchemy The craft of alchemy has intrigued and mystified people since antiquity. Many early cultures are known to have experimented with chemical transformations: from dyes, glazes, and cosmetics in Bronze Age Egypt to life extending elixirs pursued by scholars in ancient China and India. Many have also attempted to