What is the diffrience between chemistry and alchemy?

[JGM_14]

What is the diffrience between chemistry and alchemy

 

[cristo]

My knowledge of chemistry is by no means expert, however I would say that Chemistry is the study of atoms and molecules, whereas alchemy is focused on attempting to change base metals into gold.

 

[nipwoni]

Alchemy was the precursor of chemistry, which was a mixture of magic, philosophy, mysticism, and science. It was more complex than turning base metals into gold. They had a lot of wrong ideas, but they got a lot right too, and laid the foundation for modern chemistry.

http://www.levity.com/alchemy/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy