Alchemy, often shrouded in mysticism and popularly associated with the fantastical quest for the Philosopher’s Stone and the transmutation of base metals into gold, is frequently dismissed as a pseudoscience. However, to truly understand alchemy is to recognize its profound role as a precursor to modern chemistry and a vital attribute of early scientific inquiry. Far from being a mere collection of magical rituals, alchemy, at its core, embodied a systematic, observational, and experimental approach […]