Robert Boyle, one of the founders of chemistry, wanted to reform alchemy, not destroy it. He chased after the philsopher’s stone for his whole life ... years he gave the tree nothing but ...

Newton wrote more than one million words about alchemy throughout his life, in the hope of using ancient ... Starkey’s notes indicate that the strikingly tree-like structure made him think ...

that—along with alchemy-influenced artworks, from Jan Brueghel the Elder to Anselm Kiefer—will include an exhibit on Principe’s “Philosophers’ Tree” experiment. Does this new view of ...