You will see that physical alchemy is indeed real, and the famous chemists like Newton were actually very familiar with alchemy.
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The Elric brothers are relatively famous for preforming alchemy.
Newton's work in physics was based on his interest in alchemy. That interest led him to experiment and in doing so, it resulted in his discoveries about physics.
His whole life. You can read a lot of Newton's original books at Google books. They are scanning every old book and uploading them for anyone to read for free. Also, recently there were many of newton's papers discovered that revealed a heavy undertaking of alchemy -- he did hundreds of alchemy experiments by following the older books.
Newton made many Major advancements,like Law of Universal Gravity, Law of Light composition, Reflective Telescope and Calculus. Newton also pioneered chemistry, under the name of Alchemy.
Sir Isaac newton had many hobbies, but the two main ones are astronomy and alchemy
F=ma. Force equals mass times acceleration. So in honor of him, they named the unit of force the "Newton." makers of washing machines like to use it to gauge the power of their machines. Another interesting fact about Sir Isaac Newton is that he was curious about the study of alchemy and deciphered tales of Greek mythology into alchemy recipes. He found that if he performed them in a certain order he could eventually have the liquidy substance known as the philosophers stone.
Newton was interested in alchemy and it is thought likely he absorbed the mercury during these experiments. It is possible mercury poisoning contributed to his eccentricity in later life. Ref http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton
Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs has written: 'Newton and the culture of Newtonianism' -- subject(s): History, Science, Physics 'The Foundations of Newton's Alchemy' -- subject(s): Alchemy, Knowledge, History
He was into astrology & alchemy too.Very diverse person.
Newton studied Religion as most universities were created to prepare the Clergy or Priests. Newton did not wish to be a clergy and got an exemption. Newton also studied Alchemy and the Ancient Egyptian science.