Coincidentally, at the same time Coelho found an unauthorized digital copy of The Alchemist, which he promptly posted on his website.

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The researchers used their technique to create an image of the sun inspired by the drawings of Robert Fludd, a 17th-century alchemist (the sun is the alchemists' symbol for gold).

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Dr Dee, which tells the story of 16th Century alchemist, astrologer and spy John Dee, opens on Friday.

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Paulo Coelho, the bestselling author whose novel The Alchemist has been dubbed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most translated book by a living author (into a total of 53 languages), recently wrote an article strongly advocating for online peer-to-peer book sharing.

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"Alchemist Son on the edge of a cliff, " blared one headline in a Japanese magazine last summer.

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But, when an author who is known for written some of the most inspirational fiction (my favorite book, The Alchemist, is a great example) shares words written by someone else and signs his name at the bottom, you have to wonder if how much benefit of the doubt to extend before the internet gets angry.

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That's where he met a gallery owner who introduced him to Mr. Gonzalez, whose firm designed Miami's Alchemist store a glass box inserted into the fifth floor of a parking structure and the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation.

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