2006-06-14 03:30:30 · 2 answers · asked by pease_blossom06 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Chemistry really started to be differentiated from alchemy in the 1650s and 60s by an Irish gentleman name Robert Boyle. His work _The Sceptical Chymist_, which is seen today as the cornerstone of modern chemistry, took the concepts of late alchemy and the methodical reasoning of early physics and combined them into an entirely new discipline.
2006-06-14 05:04:17 · answer #1 · answered by drkslvr8 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Galileo's development of the scientific method was a big part of it. Alchemy was an early form of chemical study, but with the scientific method you could see if a method worked time after time, and with alchemy it was usually a "crap shoot" - they didn't know why certain things worked and others didn't - they could only guess. The answer mentioning Robert Boyle is also a very good one, but Galileo preceded even him, and his book, "The Discoursi" was the real beginning of modern scientific method.
2006-06-14 05:16:45 · answer #2 · answered by Paul H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋