The periodic table, colour coded by the likely origin of each element
This chart brings up the question of HOW exactly each element is created...<p>A long time ago, in Alchemy, there was the idea that certain elements could be transformed into other elements by alchemical processes.  This idea, back then, was called &quot;Transmutation&quot;.<p>Now, scientists of today know transmutation as possible, but only with select heavy elements, and only in atom smashers&#x2F;cyclotrons&#x2F;large hadron colliders -- call them by whatever name you will.<p>Also, there exist radioactive elements which, over (usually!) very long periods of time, decay or transmute, into lighter elements.<p>The common theme, in all of the above, is radiation.<p>In other words, radiation is somehow linked to the transformation of elements.<p>Now, with that in mind, if I may posit an impromptu hypothesis, and that is, <i>not all radiation is created equal</i>...<p>In other words, you have alpha rays, beta rays, x-rays, gamma rays, etc.  Or call them particles instead of rays if you prefer.<p>Anyway, Each of these particles&#x2F;rays has different penetrating power.  An alpha ray&#x2F;particle (if I recall correctly) is blocked by a piece of paper, but it takes yards and yards of cement or metal to block a gamma ray -- and that&#x27;s even if you can do it.<p>But, here&#x27;s the thing.<p>Usually we see heat in the role of transforming things, not so much from element to element, but from compound to elements (i.e., refining iron from iron ore).<p>So, with that in mind, here&#x27;s the hypothesis:<p><i>Perhaps heat -- is actually radiation, but at a lower scale&#x2F;magnitude&#x2F;area of effect&#x2F;penetration-of-space&#x2F;ability to traverse a distance, power</i>.<p>In other words -- heat is <i>localized radiation</i>.<p>Or, phrased another way, radiation is <i>heat -- but sent outward to a non-local distance.</i><p>So why is radiation &quot;cold&quot; at a distance to us humans?<p>Well, remember that that&#x27;s a scale effect (the underlying energy should have the same pattern regardless of scale, that is, scale could be much smaller), and the Inverse Square Law (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Inverse-square_law" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Inverse-square_law</a>) still applies.<p>So, heat as localized radiation, and radiation as larger-in-scale-with-respect-to-distance heat.<p>A crackpot theory?<p>Perhaps!<p>You be the judge!