Alchemy
Alchemy is the thought and ancestor of a chemical philosophy in the Middle Ages and the prototype of contemporary chemistry. The goal was to chemically transform some base metals into gold, create elixirs and prepare elixirs of life. The science now shows that this approach doesn't work. But until the 19th century, alchemy was not disproven by scientific evidence. Some famous scientists, including Isaac Newton, experimented with alchemy. It was only the advent of modern chemistry that cast doubt on the possibilities of alchemy. Alchemy existed in a complex network spanning at least 2,500 years in Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, Persia, India, China, Japan, Korea, ancient Greece and Rome, and Muslim civilizations, and then in Europe until the 19th century.
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