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Ratings: ★★★★☆ (4.5/5)
Genre: Popular Science / History of Science / Physics / Nuclear Physics

Review:
Atom by Piers Bizony reveals the mind-bending discoveries that upset everything we thought we knew about reality. From John Dalton's first picture of atoms in the early 1800s to Ernest Rutherford's revelation that the atom is mostly empty space, and Niels Bohr's leap into quantum theory, this book tells the incredible story of the atom's discovery – as bizarre and capricious as the atom itself. Described by New Scientist as ''insightful, compelling, a human drama wrought with frustration, love, grind, and genius.'' Part of the Icon Science 25th Anniversary Series.