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Old 2008-08-06, 15:12   Link #1283
james0246
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Originally Posted by Zoned87 View Post
None of those, just the pure intent to change one physical object into another.
I don't think that scientists will ever use the word "alchemy" to describe what they do. Specifically, I am reminded of a conversation that Frederick Soddy had with Ernest Rutherford when they discovered, during an experiment, that thorium was converting into radium. It is said that, upon this discovery, that Soddy remarked, "Rutherford, this is transmutation!" To which Rutherford replied, "Soddy, don't call it transmutation! They'll have our heads off as alchemists!"
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