• CloutAtlas [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I mean Newton thought alchemy was a real science. Apparently he wrote over a million words spread out over years on alchemy and conducted countless experiments, these papers were only found after his death.

    edward-wtf

    • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I mean Newton thought alchemy was a real science.

      I mean, alchemy did kind of hold all the cards regarding substances and their interactions prior to the development of modern chemistry.