The Atom: A Visual Tour

Satisfeita

This is one of the very few books of its kind that I've found and I'm glad I did. Since purchasing a couple years ago I've gone back to it at least three times and enjoyed it just as much if not more. This work provides a complete picture of the nature of atoms, with enough detail and well-thought-out visuals to truly help the reader understand the nature of things at the smallest levels of reality.And exclusions of who-exactly-thought-of-what-first not withstanding, it also provides a useful summary of the basic historical findings which lead up to our current level of understanding. I don't know if any of today's high schools or junior high schools take advantage of books like this as part of their science curricula, but they absolutely should. So much better than a typical textbook in some ways. If I had had a book like this when I was that age I would've been totally capitvated by it and likely have made the choice to go into chemistry, physics, or molecular biology. Such is life and better late than never! Highly recommended.(If after reading this book you'd like a current, text-only expansion of the ideas presented, but without going into math equations, consider Frank Wilczek's [i]10 Keys to Reality[/i]. To borrow wine-geek terminology, it "pairs" well with this book and will help you get a deeper understanding without requiring an advanced degree. Also the guy is an accomplished writer of science prose and won a Nobel Prize in this exact field, so a person could do worse when selecting a guide through the maze of forces, fields, and particles that make our universe.)

good clear explanation with pictures and diagrams

Magnifique bouquin. Tout le monde devrait lire ce livre. Il est une ouverture sur la science et une la démonstration de sa beauté et sa complexité, mais si bien vulgarisé. Magnifiquement illustré. Félicitations à l’auteur.