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Joseph Wright’s painting highlighting Hennig Brand finding phosphorus. ( Image credit: Joseph Wright of Derby, Public domain, by means of Wikimedia Commons)
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Long before chemistry was an official science, human beings were try out compounds to resolve issues, treatment health problems and generate income. In his book “The Age of Alchemy: How Early Innovators Shaped Modern Chemistry” (Profile Books, 2026), author Package Chapmana science reporter and honorary scientist at Falmouth University in the U.K., traces how this ancient, protoscientific custom formed the world.
From our forefathers’ early usage of fire to some unintentional– and dreadful– pyrotechnics in the 14th-century French court of Charles VI, Chapman exposes how early developments throughout the world led the way for contemporary science.
Hannah Osborne is the world Earth and animals editor at Live Science. Prior to Live Science, she worked for numerous years at Newsweek as the science editor. Before this she was science editor at International Business Times U.K. Hannah holds a master’s in journalism from Goldsmith’s, University of London.
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