Here is a condensed version of my review of The Atom: A Visual Tour, which appears in the New York Journal of Books:

The Atom: A Visual Tour

Author: Jack Challoner

The MIT Press (2018)

What is all the stuff we touch, smell or see made of? This ageless question contemplated by the early Greek philosophers continues to challenge 21stcentury physicists.  As Jack Challoner brings out in his beautifully illustrated book, we have come a long way from the notion of the basic elements of earth, air,...