The traditional grand narrative of the scientific revolution styles it as a decisive rejection of magic and mysticism in favor of rationality and empiricism. This engaging study of early modern ...

A spirited tour of alchemy shows how it bridged everything from chemical reactions, medicine and craft to philosophy, art and religion. When physicist Ernest Rutherford and chemist Frederick Soddy ...

An engraved plate attributed to Augsburg printmaker Martin Engelbrecht in the early eighteenth century depicts an 18th-century engraving of a ragged, impoverished alchemist. Before he was a well-known ...

The Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist), it has been said, had no scorn for right-wingers to match that it reserved for the parenthesis-free Communist Party of Britain. To judge from the ...

Philip Ball sits in front of a full bookcase and looks to his left. Philip Ball Credit: Mei de Greff In his newest offering, Ball turns back the clock to study alchemy. C&EN reporter Bethany Halford ...

There's a great range of science kits out there, with some better than others, especially if you’re buying for a beginner. We've rounded up the best chemistry sets in our handy guide, focusing both on ...