The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another

In Alchemy and Life, scientist and popularizer of science Ainissa Ramirez lists eight inventions—clocks, steel rails, copper communication cables, photographic film, electric lamps, hard drives, laboratory glassware, and silicon chips—and shows how they have affected the human experience. Ramirez talks about the woman who "sold time," about the inventor who inspired Edison, about the entrepreneuri...