By Preston MacDougall
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Murfreesboro, TN – Sir Isaac Newton was a shining light for science. His own focus on the nature of light was motivated by the alchemists' quest for transmutation of the elements - turning lead into gold. In a way, he was on the right track, but at the same time, so very, very far away.