Nature, Published online: 13 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03309-9
A spirited tour of alchemy shows how it bridged everything from chemical reactions, medicine and craft to philosophy, art and religion.
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Alchemy: discredited pseudoscience or chemistry’s worthy ancestor?
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