Alchemy Achieved: In 1980, Glenn Seaborg succeeded where centuries of alchemists had failed, when he converted trillionths of a gram of element 82 to element 79. That means he turned lead to gold. Mind you, it took a ridiculous amount of energy. Seaborg is also notable as the only person to have an element officially named for him while he was still alive. (Some elements discovered during the Manhattan Project were not officially named until years later.)

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