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Alchemy evokes images of medieval laboratories in which practitioners (considered something between scientist and sorcerer) mix esoteric concoctions to create substances that nature never intended. Of that imagined scene, the part that is probably closest to reality is the secrecy that characterized alchemical practices. Alchemists were fiercely protective of what amounted to their “trade secrets.” Th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More