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Natural Philosophy
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Origin Stories

Distillations Podcast
Engraving of the alchemical universe 1618

Atlas Obscura: How Scholars Cracked a Medieval Alchemist’s Secret Code

Media Coverage
Engraving of a woman making paper

Chasing the Clues in Isaac Newton’s Manuscripts

Distillations Article
Alchemical emblem

The Conversation: Deciphering the Philosophers’ Stone

Media Coverage

Philly Materials Day Online: Experiments for Home

Media Coverage
Photo of an old manuscript

The Newton Mess

Distillations Article
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Love, Hate, and Sex from the History of Science

Distillations Podcast
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Sex(ism), Drugs, and Migraines

Distillations Podcast
Letter written by 17th-century scientist Lady Ranelagh

The Almost Forgotten Story of Katherine Jones, Lady Ranelagh

Distillations Podcast

Mark Waddell

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Hiro Hirai

Hiro Hirai

People

Bruce Moran

People

Rare Books

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James R. Voelkel

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Lavoisier. Engraved by François Séraphin Delpech, after a drawing by Belliart, after the painting by Jacques Louis David.

Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier

Historical Profile

Joseph Priestley

Historical Profile

John Dalton

Historical Profile

The Whole of Nature and the Mirror of Art

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Transmutations: Alchemy in Art

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Making a homunculus from an 1899 edition of Goethe's Faust

Man Made: A History of Synthetic Life

Distillations Article
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Science and the Supernatural in the 17th Century

Distillations Podcast
Francesco Redi

True Science, Fake History

Distillations Article
Painting: An Alchemist’s Laboratory

Gold, Secrecy, and Prestige

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Recipes and Extracts on Alchemy, Medicine, Metal-Working, Cosmetics, Veterinary Science, Agriculture, Wine-Making, and Other Subjects

The Philosophers’ Stove

Distillations Article
Query 31 in Opticks

Last Words

Distillations Article
Woodcut of Abu Mūsā Jābir ibn Hayyān

A Revolution in the Scientific Revolution

Distillations Article
Ibn Butlan’s Risalat da`wat al-atibba

Al-Kimiya: Notes on Arabic Alchemy

Distillations Article
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