{"product_id":"alchemy","title":"Alchemy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout in a handy pocket format, \u003ci\u003eAlchemy\u003c\/i\u003e will fascinate anyone interested in the quest for knowledge and wealth before the birth of modern chemistry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong shrouded in secrecy, alchemy is now recognized as the ancestor of modern chemistry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the advent of modern science, alchemy was the ancient art of transformation, a way of combining matter to create a divine force. Today alchemy retains a strong pull on the imagination, with its tales of turning base metals into gold and mixing potions to create the elixir of life, a draught that brings immortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlchemy\u003c\/i\u003e offers a vivid illustrated guide to this lost art, introducing the reader to the main developments in alchemy and the most famous people to have dabbled in this speculative science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover the alchemical elements and their properties, a precursor to the periodic table, which included such substances such as bismuth, sulfur and moon-silver, the last of these symbolizing intuition, resurrection and illumination; learn about the Philosopher’s Stone, a mythic alchemical substance capable of turning base metals into gold, and pursued by famous scientists such as Isaac Newton, who wrote more than a million words on alchemy during his lifetime; and encounter Hennig Brand, who in 1669 accidentally discovered the chemical element phosphorus during alchemical experimentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully produced in an illustrated pocket edition, \u003ci\u003eAlchemy\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the reader to the history of alchemy, its practice, symbols and famous alchemists through the ages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amber Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":67953551507729,"sku":"9781838868215","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.stablebookgroup.com\/products\/alchemy","provider":"Stable Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}