Alchemists, to borrow a phrase from Winston Churchill, were to be on tap, not on top.

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For all the romanticism of La Masia, its coaches aren't modern day alchemists.

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And if the process can be scaled up, the sort of riches that alchemists dreamed of might be available.

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They are alchemists who invent computer chips out of sand.

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The researchers used their technique to create an image of the sun inspired by the drawings of Robert Fludd, a 17th-century alchemist (the sun is the alchemists' symbol for gold).

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The alchemists also discovered some elements, such as phosphorous.

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Over the next few decades, according to Dr Principe's analysis of their letters and publications, chymists in England, France and elsewhere deliberately distanced themselves from the alchemists, casting themselves as intellectuals, the alchemists as charlatans, and the two activities as distinct.

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Victor himself, although he grows up in a loving family, is imperfectly guided and becomes a disciple of discredited alchemists - the implication being that his considerable mental gifts have been imperfectly formed, which ultimately leads to his inappropriate use of them to create his imperfect "child".

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