• CloutAtlas [he/him]English
    6•4 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

    • SchadrachEnglish
      1•4 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.