The Dying Alchemists
Reflections on Existence
$50.13
- Hardcover
180 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2023
Summary
The Dying Alchemists is a stunning coffee-table book that invites readers, through prose, poetry, and art, to reflect on the nature of existence. The work is an insightful mix of current scientific ideas, thoughts on consciousness and how it feels to be human, and the majesty of the unfolding universe.
Delicate watercolours weave together the narrative and poetry, bringing the reader to a place of deep contemplation, focusing on the minutiae of nature as a metaphor for universal theme…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780648511991 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0648511995 |
| Author: | Nicholas Bennett, Tina Wilson, Kate McCaffrey, Matt Ottley |
| Publisher: | One Tentacle Publishing |
| Imprint: | One Tentacle Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 180 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2023 |
| Weight: | 1.10kg |
| Dimensions: | 280mm x 216mm x 18mm |
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About The Author
Nicholas Bennett
Nicholas Bennett is passionate about physics and the natural universe. For Nick, The Dying Alchemists, is an attempt to collate some of the knowledge humans have acquired over the last several thousand years and place it alongside lines of intriguing thought. Nick has a Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics and this is his debut book, the first of a series.
Tina Wilson is an artist and writer. She founded The Lester Prize (prev. Black Swan Prize for Portraiture) and was its executive director for ten years. In 2013 she was awarded the Premier’s Active Citizenship Award for her contribution to the arts. In 2018 she became a patron of the prize. Tina moves between painting, drawing, writing and illustrating books.
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