Philip Ball: Elixirs, Experiments & the Birth of Modern Science

[Paul Ferguson]

"Philip Ball has just published a magnificent book on the history of alchemy: Alchemy: An Illustrated History of Elixirs, Experiments, and the Birth of Modern Science. This made me think about metaphor, of course, given how central metaphorical language was to alchemical practice."

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