{"product_id":"the-chemical-choir-9781441132970","title":"The Chemical Choir","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eP.G. Maxwell-Stuart presents the history of alchemy traced from its earliest roots through to its influence in modern-day science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"'It breaks down a complex subject - the study of nature through experiments with chemicals - into ten easy-to-read chapters... The reader who has always wondered about alchemy and has not yet read a history of the subject will find The Chemical Choir an entertaining starting point.' (Reviews in History)\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction; 1.China - The Golden Road to Immortality; 2. India - The Way of Tantra and Mercury; 3. Roman Egypt - The White and the Yellow Arising from Blackness; 4. The Islamic World - Balance and Magic Numbers; 5. Medieval Europe - Translations, Debates and Symbols; 6. The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries - Pretension, Fraud and Redeeming the World; 7. The Rosicrucian Episode and its Aftermath; 8. Theology Wearing a Mask of Science - the later Seventeenth Century; 9. Alchemy in an Age of Self-Absorption - the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries; 10. A Child of Earlier Times - the Twentieth Century.","brand":"Continuum Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019843830103,"sku":"9781441132970","price":31.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781441132970.jpg?v=1750781444","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-chemical-choir-9781441132970","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}