Harry Potter wasn’t the only one after the philosopher’s stone. Isaac Newton’s recently discovered manuscript is his handwritten copy of mid-17th-century Harvard alchemist George Starkey’s ...

When Bloomsbury Publishing founder Nigel Newton brought home a manuscript for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" by a then unknown J.K. Rowling, his daughter Alice described it as ...

Making philosophic mercury was just one of the steps of the alchemical process. It could be used to make the philosopher's stone, a mythical substance that alchemists believed had magical properties.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was published in the UK in June 1997 and released in the U.S. a year later as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.. Surprise! We've got a treat for ...

A recipe for an ingredient to make a Philosopher's Stone handwritten by Isaac Newton. Chemical Heritage Foundation. Isaac Newton is often considered one of the founding fathers of modern science.

Harry Potter wasn’t the only one after the philosopher’s stone. Isaac Newton’s recently discovered manuscript is his handwritten copy of mid-17th-century Harvard alchemist George Starkey’s ...