Alchemist

Isaac Newton was an English alchemist.

Wouldn’t you think an alchemist to be a god, if he could add ten years to your lifespan, and bring back old age to the vigour of youth?

Fullmetal Alchemist is Tom's favorite anime.

Every time I see an Omni-Man meme, I mistake him for Fuhrer King Bradley from Full Metal Alchemist.

The alchemist tried unsuccessfully to convert quicksilver into gold.

I'm an alchemist.

[K]nowledge of philtres, aphrodisiacs, and other sexual stimulants spread from the Arabs and the Moors, from Egypt and India into the European herbals, pharmacopeias, and apothecaries’ lore, and, on a more indeterminate level, among alchemists, wizards, and occultists.

Years later, scientists learned that the sun’s light—visible and invisible—is merely the by-product of a process alchemists had vainly tried to reproduce for centuries—the transmutation of one element into another. That nature accomplishes this before our very eyes, and that it is what creates the solar heat and light that supports all life, was suspected by no one. The revelation came as a complete surprise.