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BrainStuff Classics: How Did Alchemy Create Chemistry?

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Aug 15, 20267:12Science & Medicine

Alchemists may have never turned lead into gold, but they did create the field of chemistry. Learn how the study of alchemy worked in today's classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article:

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BrainStuff Classics: How Did Alchemy Create Chemistry? is an episode from BrainStuff by iHeartPodcasts. Alchemists may have never turned lead into gold, but they did create the field of chemistry. Learn how the study of alchemy worked in to...

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Published Aug 15, 2026, 7:12 long, audio available.

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