The Magic Furnace: The Search for the Origins of Atoms

A history of science's efforts to unravel the origins and mystery of atoms offers profiles of key scientists, from ancient Greece to the present day, and examines important discoveries that have unlocked the nature of the universe, the evolution of the stars, the origins of life, the role of subatomic particles, the vast potential of atomic energy, and more. By the author of Afterglow of Creation.