The Magic Furnace is a great book about the history of how we came to understand atoms and where they come from. It shows a lot of the missteps and twisty turns

The Magic Furnace is a great book about the history of how we came to understand atoms and where they come from. It shows a lot of the missteps and twisty turns along the way. I also love learning about how scientific understanding actually developed over time. It's a messy, fascinating process.