do u think the alchemist is real or only another fairy tells?

Question

i mean about the alchemist-person,not that famous and best seller book.

Answer 1

Yes, Alchemists are real. I know that for a fact, even though Nicholas Flammel never actually succeded in changing things into gold or getting everlasting life, there are people that study alchemy today, like me. Here is the definition of Alchemy-A science (no longer practiced) that sought to transform one chemical element into another through a combination of magic and primitive chemistry. Alchemy is considered to be the ancestor of modern chemistry.

You can actually Transmute metals into others, you have to understand the metal, understand what it's componets are, adn what it does. For example, when you want to change aluminum into tin, you have to understand that tin is a simpler version of aluminum. Though the 'turnming a metal into gold' isn't possible, and Illegal, alchemy is still possible. Just think of it as an older form of Chemstry. Also a of 2006, a universal panacea remains elusive, though futurists such as Ray Kurzweil believe sufficiently advanced nanotechnology may prolong life indefinitely. Some say the third goal of alchemy has been fulfilled by IVF and the cloning of a human embryo, although these technologies fall far short of creating a human life from scratch.
This advance is kind of like Human Transmutation, though you don't have to give up a human life to do it. Here is a list of substances people have tried to transmut(including me) obver the years. lead • tin • iron • gold • copper • mercury • silver
phosphorus • sulfur • arsenic • antimony
vitriol • cinnabar • pyrites • orpiment • galena
magnesia • lime • potash • natron • saltpetre • kohl
ammonia • ammonium chloride • alcohol • camphor
Acids: sulfuric •muriatic • nitric • acetic • formic • citric• tartaric
aqua regia • gunpowder
.......Theres an explaination for ya!

Answer 2

There were such things as alchemist yes back wayyy back in time. They were Eurpoean alchemist they didnt do any magic though just science. They made litheam or however u spell that. But there isn't alchemist like on that show "Full-Metal Alchemis".

Answer 3

Glad you cleared that up, 'cause I was just about to ask (I liked the book, btw). Well, I don't think there's any question that there were 'alchemists'; did they succeed? No (ie- turning common metals into gold). That, according to the laws of physics and chemistry, is not possible.

Answer 4

Alchemy was an old-school form of chemistry--when science got more advanced, they moved away from trying to transmute metals (and their spirits--remember that transmutation isn't necessarily about materials. Sometimes it's about your personal psyche.)

The term came from al-Khemeia (black "life" substance in Ancient Egypt's religion.) Al- is an Arabic article meaning "the." It's an interesting subject, but I don't know that real people went too far with it. Maybe they transmuted their souls, but as far as materials...doubt it. It was kinda like ceremonial magic, but it was more about mixtures and tinctures and retorts and all those chemistry lab words.

Answer 5

Alchemists were very real. They were the predecessors of scientists. There work can still be read about today, and it is very interesting.