Yeah, I think people got rubbed the wrong way only from the title. I don't think they bothered to read it. I don't think the article in any way emphasised that Roman concrete is better than modern; rather it talked about findings of certain researchers. It was the chemistry which I found interesting.
This article is about research on self healing properties of Roman concrete. It's not all about a one on one comparison. The chemistry behind the self healing properties is interesting and not definitively established.
This article is literally about doing research to better understand the chemistry behind the self healing properties of Roman concrete to maybe use the findings to improve modern concrete. This is the aspect which I find so interesting : the chemistry. Literally no one is talking about going back to traditional values and blah blah. That's something which I personally abhor. Did you even read the article? Where did you find this in the article? Of course titles of articles tend to be over dramatic.
Seriously I had such a good laugh reading this before going to sleep. I couldn't get over the image of the person opening their bedroom door to be greeted by their cat with a knife in it's mouth! Some hold up, right!
Sometimes I have had to go outside even when it was raining. So if I am indoors and it's raining it makes me very happy thinking that I don't have to go out and the temperature would go down a bit.
I, too, read that series recently and loved it. However, I think the third book wasn't as great as the first two, but still good. How does children of time compare with this series? Final Architecture is the only work by the author that I have read.
Yeah, I think people got rubbed the wrong way only from the title. I don't think they bothered to read it. I don't think the article in any way emphasised that Roman concrete is better than modern; rather it talked about findings of certain researchers. It was the chemistry which I found interesting.