Wizards and scientists have always seemed to belong to opposite worlds: one to wonder, the other to method. But in truth, they share a common beginning. Both are seekers. Both observe, test, fail, refine, and discover. In that sense, wizards were the very first scientists. Long before laboratories, satellites, and space agencies, there were alchemical thinkers imagining the hidden rules of matter, heat, light, motion, and transformation. Their experiments and discoveries laid the imaginative foundation for the technologies we use today, including the astonishing machines that carry humanity into space. Read More.