▁currently ▁the ▁director . ▁He ▁is ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁ ▁( 1 9 9 3 ), ▁ ▁( 1 9 9 6 ) ▁and ▁, ▁a ▁heavily ▁illustrated ▁pocket ▁book ▁belonging ▁to ▁the ▁collection ▁“ Univers ale ▁Elect a / G all im ard ”, ▁which ▁has ▁been ▁translated ▁into ▁seven ▁languages , ▁including ▁English . ▁He ▁has ▁also ▁author ed ▁a ▁com ic ▁series ▁entitled ▁. ▁ ▁The ▁book ▁ ▁( lit . ▁" Al ch emy : ▁the ▁Gold ▁of ▁Know ledge ") ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁an ▁Italian ▁collection ▁" Univers ale ▁Elect a / G all im ard ", ▁published ▁by ▁Elect a / G all im ard ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁in ▁their ▁ ▁series . ▁The ▁French ▁edition — — pub lished ▁by ▁Éditions ▁Gall im ard , ▁came ▁out ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁year , ▁but ▁Gall im ard ▁short ened ▁the ▁" Documents " ▁section ▁at ▁the ▁back ▁of ▁the ▁book . ▁The ▁English ▁edition , ▁entitled ▁Al ch emy : ▁The ▁Great ▁Secret , ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁French ▁instead ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁Italian , ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁distributed ▁by ▁Harry ▁N . ▁Abr ams ▁in ▁the ▁" A br ams ▁Disc over ies " ▁series . ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁pint - s ized ▁coffee ▁table ▁book , ▁re ple te ▁with ▁colour ▁pl ates , ▁all ▁well ▁reprodu ced , ▁with ▁useful ▁information ▁in ▁the ▁ca ptions . ▁There ▁are ▁three ▁chap ters