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Most people say that alchemy was studied to make gold of some thing else but in its wider and truer significance it stands for the chemistry of the middle ages.

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Why is chemistry a science and alchemy is not?

Chemistry is a science because it is based on systematic observation, experimentation, and replicable results. Alchemy, on the other hand, relied heavily on mysticism, superstition, and the belief in metaphysical properties. Over time, alchemy evolved into the more methodical and evidence-based field of chemistry.


What Was One Of The earliest Forms Of Chemistry?

You think probable to alchemy.


What was the branch of science called prior to chemistry?

Alchemy was the branch of science that preceded chemistry. Alchemy focused on transforming base metals into gold, finding the elixir of life, and achieving spiritual enlightenment. It laid the groundwork for the development of modern chemistry.


What was chemistry in ancient times called?

Chemistry's origin is deeply rooted in alchemy. Alchemy, at its core level, is the study of techniques of transforming one element into another. At its superficial level, alchemy is commonly associated with ancient alchemists (practitioners of alchemy) trying to convert some naturally occurring metal to gold.


How does alchemy compare to today's chemistry?

Alchemy was abandoned because it didn't work. Some of the things that did work became chemistry. No one successfully turned lead into gold. Nor did anyone successfully create the philosopher's stone. Alchemy was basically chemistry with a lot of magic thrown into it. The alchemists were sorcerer want to be's. They attempted to conjure spirits, and use spells on chemicals that they believed contained magical properties, all in a vain attempt to convert base metals into something of greater value. Even Isaac Newton, probably the greatest scientific mind of the last 500 years, accomplished nothing in alchemy, even though he experimented with it for decades