Taken from the December 2021 issue of Physics World where it first appeared under the headline "Technologies that changed us". Members of the Institute of Physics can enjoy the full issue via the Physics World app.
Kate Gardner reviews The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another by Ainissa Ramirez
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