Sentences with phrase «as alchemists»

In Sita / Medea, 2006, Sita and Medea are the same character and imagined as alchemists born from the earth, both betrayed by their men, de-gendered and deprived of their mothering status.

Just as the alchemists of old attempted to combine different elements to produce something valuable, the physician - scientist of today attempts to combine medicine and basic research to produce something that has clinical utility.

Stacey has lived her life as an Alchemist — turning the situations that were challenging or life-less and turned them into gold for herself, her family, and her community.

For my first playthrough I went as an Alchemist mostly focused on the Lore skill tree.

Some classes are similar, so if you get experienced as an Alchemist and want to start being a Cook (which shares crafting mechanics), you can skip the tutorial with no problems (which is definitely a welcome feature).

The overall gist of the game is simple, as well; as up - and - coming alchemists, you will choose between playing as Lydie or Suelle (you can control both in battle) as you complete missions to work towards gaining a higher standing as an alchemist.

In this game, you'll play as an alchemist's apprentice who returns to her home to finish training under her master.

The Collector's Edition adds a new set of levels after the ending, which you play as the alchemist nemesis of Nelly and Tom.

«GAUGUIN: ARTIST AS ALCHEMIST» The paintings were here and accounted for, but it was the ceramics, wobbly and wild, that stole the show in this profound rewriting of Post-Impressionism at the Art Institute of Chicago.

She should certainly be put alongside the early Lynda Benglis and Richard Tuttle (as well as Hesse) as alchemist of the overlooked, someone capable of whipping up visual authority out of almost nothing.

In the artist's triptych titled «Negative Value» Polke used pigments that when burnished would change hue depending on the position of the viewer, the works were titled after stars that are difficult to tell apart and highlight the artist's interest in the esoteric — causing the artist to be incorrectly described as an alchemist.

«Although there are a lot of changes under the covers, the overall functionality and experience of brewmaster is the same as alchemist and most of the SteamOS FAQ applies to both releases,» Valve's announcement says.

Not exact matches

Bennett also suggests «Collective Genius,» a book on leadership and innovation, as well as Paulo Coelho's «The Alchemist,» an inspirational novel that has a strong following in business circles.

UPDATE: As I was about to post this, I came across the Washington Post's best - of list which includes business titles Lean In, The Everything Store, The Alchemists and The Billionaire's Apprentice.

One: books about how the financial crash happened and why (Making it Happen, The Alchemists, The Unwinding, The Billionaire's Apprentice, After the Music Stopped) and two: books about the business and culture of technology (The Everything Store, Smarter Than You Think, as well as Hatching Twitter, by Nick Bilton and Dogfight: How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution, by Fred Vogelstein.)

H. Wayne Huizenga earned a reputation as a corporate alchemist, and had a hand in building three of South Florida's professional sports teams.

In a hatbox's tied and knotted fringe, fray and cilia of thread, bistre - washed in sepia, under the bed, the dead lay color - blind in shades of gray: each cordoned heart, veined - red, darkened as on alchemists» hands the nitrate silvered.

Without going into the validity of the alchemist's claims, the practice is as follows.

So we need not conjure up, in thinking through the relationships among community, knowledge, and truth, assortments of alchemists or flat - earthers as plausible examples of communities of inquirers within the contemporary academy.

The first time someone told me they were making hummus, as opposed to, you know, buying a tub from the grocery store, I'm pretty sure I assumed they were insane, and probably also an alchemist.

Louis Sagar, The Alchemist Kitchen's owner, describes his shop as a place where sustainability, farm - to - table sourcing, beauty, and wellness intersect.

We would be remiss in not recognizing him as an inventive alchemist when it comes to innovation — gin, Destillaré cordials, absinthe, bitters, and more to come, we certainly breathe rare air when it comes to relentless innovation, with Brandon making the complex, and arcane, come to life in spirit form.»

Too many permutations to know for sure, but more signs that Elway sees his role as a gambling alchemist, sharper than the league's other GMs.

What he has strived for is finding that alchemists blend that produces gold... as Ranieri has stumbled on this season.

Yes man, Think of Ozil as that peace that makes the whole machine run smooth or the Alchemist.

Newsday's political correspondent, Rick Brand, has also described MacKay as «a political alchemist» for his uncanny ability to galvanize support for unknown candidates for public office — and help them win.

Although they failed to crack the secret of creation, many, such as 16th - century alchemist Paracelsus, made valuable contributions to medicine and metallurgy.

Montillo uses the classic novel Frankenstein as her starting point to explore the shady science and changing social mores that inspired Mary Shelley's 1818 tale, and folds details of Shelley's personal life into a broader history of early anatomists and alchemists.

But like the medieval alchemists, today's cloning and stem cell biologists are working largely with processes they don't fully understand: What actually happens inside the oocyte to reprogram the nucleus is still a mystery, and scientists have a lot to learn before they can direct a cell's differentiation as smoothly as nature's program of development does every time fertilized egg gives rise to the multiple cell types that make up a live baby.

This Polish alchemist, who lived from 1566 to 1636, knew of oxygen, which he referred to as «the aerial food of life».

It may be argued that some alchemists regarded it as the elixir of life — and in a curious way they were right.

It is with this in mind that Hoodbhoy provides a useful critique of attempts by other authors to discuss Islamic science as if the realities of modern life simply did not exist, and Muslims could wish themselves back to the numinous realms of the medieval alchemists.

Sir Isaac Newton, PRS, (4 January [O.S. 25 December 1642] 1643 to 31 March [O.S. 20 March] 1727) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, inventor and natural philosopher who is generally regarded as one of the most influential scientists in history.

Geber's way of thinking became the new standard for medieval alchemists as they started distilling mercury and combining it with different metals in an effort to make the Philosophers» Stone.

In an age when there were no microscopes to penetrate living cells and no understanding of the nature of atoms and molecules, the alchemists were not misguided so much as misinformed, doing their best to make sense of a world they could not see.

«Most alchemists believed metals were not elements as we think of them today,» Newman says, «but rather compounds of sulfur and mercury or sometimes mercury, sulfur, and salt.»

To alchemists toiling and tinkering in the laboratory, Geber was an infallible master; his book was regarded as the bible of alchemy.

Just as Starkey and other alchemists reported, strange things started to happen inside the egg.

As Newman read old alchemical texts, he discovered that by the late 15th and early 16th centuries (the time of da Vinci and the beginning of the Renaissance), alchemists had refined not just mercury but also their core ideas about matter.

Some historians had identified Geber as the translated name of an eighth - century Islamic alchemist, but Newman's research turned up evidence supporting a different interpretation: Geber was actually the alias of Paul of Taranto, an obscure Franciscan monk from southern Italy.

He culled recipes from alchemists like Starkey and, after «a lengthy process involving various materials and numerous distillations,» obtained Philosophical Mercury, just as Boyle had 350 years earlier.

Alchemists once sought to convert one substance into a more highly prized substance, such as lead into gold.

Employed by The Alchemist's Kitchen as a managing herbalist, she attended ArborVitae School of Traditional Herbalism and is currently enrolled in a certificate program at Blue Otter School of Herbal Medicine in Northern California.

This hand cream from Grown Alchemist is as intoxicating as it is reparative — made with beautiful Persian rose, argan extract, vitamin A, tamamu oil, and omegas, it's an extra rich, super hydrating formula that can be used on any dry patches like elbows, knees, and feet.

His 1988 novel The Alchemist has sold more than 65 million copies and has been cited as an inspiration by people as diverse as Malala Yousafzai and Pharrell Williams.

As a Reiki Master / Teacher, Fine Artist and self - styled «Kitchen Alchemist», she draws on her empathic, intuitive nature and her gifts of clairvoyance, clairaudience and clairsentience, to gain insights on how to best assist with what is in her clients» highest alignment.

Personally I love that they also stock smaller skincare brands such as Kora Organics, Coast To Coast, Grown Alchemist, Kosmea, Philosophy and more.

As Sephora put it: Revamp your makeup looks with this innovative, Alchemist Palette, featuring four holographic shades.

But the filmmakers could have failed their source material, as the would - be alchemists of countless other books for young readers have before them.

The duo of Prodigy and Havoc are assisted by guests such as 50 Cent, Nate Dogg, R. Kelly, Jadakiss and Nelly on this disc co-produced by The Alchemist.