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Book Review
Nature 421, 790 (20 February 2003) | doi:10.1038/421790b
Base instincts
Alchemy conjures up images of mysterious men in dark laboratories, battling with forces they don't understand in a vain effort to turn base metal into gold. But on what are these images based?
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