TABLE of CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART I: The Elements

1. Calm before the Clue

2. Who Is Dagny Taggart?

3. Ag = Ag

4. Artifact or Authentic Data?

5. Breaking an Encryption of Fiction

6. Breaking an Encryption of Matter

7. The Missing Hypothesis

PART II: The Equation

8. Atlas What? Who Shrugged?

9. Alchemy: Equation, Myth or Metaphor?

10. The Stone of Atlas

11. Man of Ore

PART III: The Synthesis

12. The Hypothesis: The New Alchemy

13. The Data: Dissertation II

14. Background: Crucible of Science, Synthesis of Gold

15. The Theory: Metaphysical and Manmade

16. Proof: Second Term of the Equation

PART IV. The Innovators

17. Who Is Slug?

18. Who Is John Gault?

 Appendices

1. Historical New Alchemy—Christiaan Huygens: Pendulum Clock

2. Contemporary New Alchemy—Elon Musk: SpaceX

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Notes