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Isn't alchemy a important part of learning about the history of science, as taught in elementary/secondary schools? It is one of the precursors of chemistry aft
by joefourier 9y ago
Isn't alchemy a important part of learning about the history of science, as taught in elementary/secondary schools? It is one of the precursors of chemistry after all. I also recall learning it in history in the context of gunpowder, which was developed by Chinese alchemists trying to transmute metals and prolong life.
- Pulcinella 9y agoI teach HS chemistry. We don’t really cover alchemy. Most of the history we do covers the development of atomic theory starting with Dalton, a brief mention of the Greeks and Democritus, and the history of the periodic table. Even that history is pretty brief. Unfortunately the state standards are a mile wide and an inch deep so we really have to move quick. Much quicker than I would like.