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The practice of attempting to turn lead into gold is known as alchemy. It was pursued by alchemists in medieval times in the belief that it was achievable through a process called transmutation. One famous alchemist who sought to achieve this was the Swiss physician and alchemist, Paracelsus.

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turn stuff into goldAlchemists tried to make gold from other non-gold metals, lead in particular. These tries turned out to teach us a lot about chemistry.


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