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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 12th, 2000
Article from the Smithsonian, “Newton’s Vice,” about Sir Isaac Newton’s long passion for alchemy. It’s eye-opening to see how this paragon of scientific thought devoted years of his life to alchemical transmutation.
Posted in Essay on Sep 16th, 1996
Three observations: We should care about alchemy Alchemists were not buffoons The wisdom of the alchemist applies to us Around the year 1350, a poor Parisian scrivener named Nicholas Flamel spent two florins on a strange but beautiful brass-bound book filled with curious diagrams. Extensive study revealed it to be an alchemical treatise on the [...]
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