The Architecture of Matter by Stephen Toulmin

The Architecture of Matter Reviews

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  Josh

  So it took me a little over four years to finish this book. Most books would have been abandoned after that point, but this one was very interesting at points. Mostly, it just took a lot of effort to read. And, if I am honest, effort is rarely something I'm looking for in my reading material! The parts about the revolution of chemistry leading to a more complete picture of the atom were fascinating. The parts before that about ancient science and after that about biological sciences were less interesting to me. The ancient parts were still interesting for how much they got right! And the later parts about biology were interesting because this book was first written in the 60s and it is amazing how much more about biology we have learned since then!