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ch 4–“species”

[aka the T-O chapter so i obviously loved it. this book has taken me to places i’ve never been before btw (chemistry subreddits).]

ch 3–“element”

this chapter was made for me omg (porcelain, water, & phase changes)

ch 2–“gene”

[that last line of this chapter (“future ‘possibles’”) is such a banger omg]

chapter 2–“object”:

[really wish someone could invent a way to ctrl+f physical books. index rlly carrying me rn]

ok i’m gonna start summarizing the salient points for myself so i can keep track of the arguments. look away if u don’t want spoilers.

introduction—“human”:
- reading “besides the human”: moving away from scale of individual human subject into nonhuman (vis a vis “inhuman”) scales, esp the smaller/molecular, which reveals heterogeneity and allows for new possibilities.