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==Why it failed==
==Why it failed==
* Medieval alchemists wanted to turn lead into gold. It was a fruitless endeavor because they used chemical reactions. Nowadays, we know why: [[Chemical reaction]]s cannot change one [[element]] into another. Only [[nucleus|nuclear]] processes, which involve intense energies not available until the 20th century, can accomplish this. [http://www.jupiterscientific.org/review/pseudoscience.html]
* Medieval alchemists wanted to turn lead into gold. It was a fruitless endeavor because they used chemical reactions. Nowadays, we know why: [[Chemical reaction]]s cannot change one [[element]] into another. Only [[nucleus|nuclear]] processes, which involve intense energies not available until the 20th century, can accomplish this.
==External links==
==External links==
[http://www.esotericonline.net/group/alchemy/forum/topics/roots-of-alchemy Roots of Alchemy (esotericonline.net)]
[http://www.esotericonline.net/group/alchemy/forum/topics/roots-of-alchemy Roots of Alchemy (esotericonline.net)]
[http://www.jupiterscientific.org/review/pseudoscience.html Book Review for ''Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud'' by Robert Park Oxford University Press, 2000, and ''Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction'' by Charles Wynn and Aurthur Wiggins, Joseph Henry Press, 2001, Prepared by the staff of Jupiter Scientific]