Answer :
Alchemy is not a real science. Alchemy is best described as form of 'proto-science' rather than distinct science in its own right.
What is alchemy?
Alchemists throughout the ages sought to harness power of nature through scientific intervention, often implementing it to artistic effect. In medieval Europe, alchemy was referred as “The Great Art.”
Alchemy is described as form of 'proto-science' rather than distinct science because, although many observations and theories made by alchemists were based on scientific fact, they often explained these in terms of divine intervention.
Alchemical practice began about 1,500 years ago in Hellenistic Greece and it came to Europe by way of Middle East. Like the word algebra, alchemy has its Arabic influences in its name. Alchemy flourished in Europe between 13th and 18th centuries.
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