There is a long history to the philosopher's stone outside the Harry Potter series, which is in part why U.K. readers did not have the issues Levine feared. In legend, the philosopher's stone was ...

Throughout history, alchemists believed in the existence of the philosopher’s stone: a substance that could turn cheap substances into precious gold. Now scientists from The University of Manchester, ...

The most famous and mysterious is, without a doubt, alchemy. A dark and shadowy practice that blends ancient philosophy, esoteric spiritual ideals, and science, alchemy evokes images of wizards ...

One of the absolute best things about Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone (or Sorcerer’s Stone ... in the top five in a list of the greatest opening lines in literature history, right next to the ...

He was given Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone by his "flabbergasted" father in 1997, when he realised it was about a wizard with his son's name. The sale of the hardback from the initial ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ... A rare first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone has sold for £36,000 after being bought for around just ...

J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was first published on this day in 1997. Quiz yourself on the book, and the subsequent film of the same name ...