Who is the Alchemist? What he did?

Question

Who he was? What he Did?

Answer 1

There were many alchemists. Alchemy is the (uneducated) attempt to make gold out of other non-gold metals. That is impossible, of course. It was mostly a European folly, although alchemy goes back to the times of the Pharaohs. and pyramids. Some of the first alloys were created in the effort to produce artificial gold. Brass and bronze were discovered by alchemists.

Answer 2

An alchemist is a person who practices alchemy.

Alchemist may also refer to:


People and groups:
Alchemist (band), an Australian progressive metal band.
Alchemist (company), a Japanese based company that developes video games.
The Alchemist (producer), a hip hop music producer.
Johann der Alchimist, Margrave of Brandenburg, 1440 to 1464 Books and stories:
The Alchemist (book), the translated title of a 20th century allegorical novel by Paulo Coelho.
The Alchemist (short story), a short story by H. P. Lovecraft.
The Alchemist (novellete), a science fiction novellete by Charles L. Harness.
The Alchemists, a science fiction novel by Geary Gravel.
Fullmetal Alchemist, the English title of a series of manga and anime created by Hiromu Arakawa.
The Neutronium Alchemist, the second book in The Night's Dawn Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton.
Alchemist, a codename for the comic superhero Element Lad.

Other works of art
The Alchemist (album), the 1996 debut album of Romanian death metal band Avatar.
The Alchemist (rock album), the 1973 album by Home, a progressive rock band that included Cliff Williams of AC/DC and Laurie Wisefield who later joined Wishbone Ash.
The Alchemist (play), a 17th century play by Ben Jonson.
The Alchemist (painting), a 17th century painting of an alchemical laboratory by David Teniers the Younger.

Other uses
The Alchemist (film), a 1981 horror film.
A playable class in Ragnarok Online.
The Alchemist, a recurring character on The Venture Bros.
The Alchemist, a character from the cartoon series Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!.
Alchemist (video game), a 1983 ZX Spectrum gam

Answer 3

I like both series equally, as they both offer their own charms to the franchise. Also, it's certainly not a waste of time to watch Brotherhood. The first anime loosely fit what bit of the manga that was out in 2003/2004 into its own storlyline. Brotherhood is following the manga, which just ended a few days ago, very closely. The only episodes that had content that you'd already be familiar with were the first 14 or so.(There are still enough differences scattered throughout those to make them worth watching, though) After that, it reached the point where the first anime entirely abandoned the manga's plot. With 64 episodes total, that's 50 episodes of brand new content and an entirely different story/ending.

Answer 4

Alchemy is the form of the investigation of nature and an early philosophical and spiritual discipline, both combining elements of chemistry, metallurgy, physics, medicine, astrology, semiotics, mysticism, spiritualism, and art. An alchemist would be a person engaged in this practice.

Answer 5

An alchemist is a person who practices alchemy
In the history of science, alchemy (Arabic: الكيمياء) refers to both an early form of the investigation of nature and an early philosophical and spiritual discipline, both combining elements of chemistry, metallurgy, physics, medicine, astrology, semiotics, mysticism, spiritualism, and art. Alchemy has been practiced in Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Persia, India, and China, in Classical Greece and Rome, in Muslim civilization, and then in Europe up to the 19th century—in a complex network of schools and philosophical systems spanning at least 2500 years.

Western alchemy has always been closely connected with Hermeticism, a philosophical and spiritual system that traces its roots to Hermes Trismegistus, a syncretic Egyptian-Greek deity and legendary alchemist. These two disciplines influenced the birth of Rosicrucianism, an important esoteric movement of the seventeenth century. In the course of the early modern period, mainstream alchemy evolved into modern chemistry.

Today the discipline is of interest mainly to historians of science and philosophy, and for its mystic, esoteric, and artistic aspects. Nevertheless, alchemy was one of the main precursors of modern sciences, and many substances and processes of ancient alchemy continue to be the mainstay of modern chemical and metallurgical industries.

Although alchemy takes on many forms, in pop culture it is most often cited in stories, films, shows, and games as the process used to change lead (or other elements) into gold.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy

Answer 6

alchemists were a group of scientists around the 16th-17th century that were trying to accomplish two things...
1 - turn metals into gold
2 - find the elixir of life

they obviously failed on both counts, however they did believe they had found the elixir of life when they distilled alcohol. this is where the term "spirits" comes from.

Answer 7

there was no, THE alchemist, they were really a bunch of guys trying to make the philosophers stone. or you may be thinking of te person above's answer, about the book...

Answer 8

This answer is referring to a book i read.
Your question is vague...so perhaps another persons answer may be fitting....however here's my answer!

1)a shepherd
2) went travelling to find treasures
3)he found the largest treasure was within himself