The Beauty of Chemistry_Philip Ball_9780262044417_MIT Press Ltd
SKU: 9780262044417 Supplier: MIT Press Ltd Out of stockDescription
Author: Philip Ball
Format: Hardback | 256 pages
Dimensions: 203 x 229 x 30.48mm | 1,315.42g
Publication date: 11 May 2021
Images and text capture the astonishing beauty of the chemical processes that create snowflakes, bubbles, flames, and other wonders of nature.
Chemistry is not just about microscopic atoms doing inscrutable things; it is the process that makes flowers and galaxies. We rely on it for bread-baking, vegetable-growing, and producing the materials of daily life. In stunning images and illuminating text, this book captures chemistry as it unfolds. Using such techniques as microphotography, time-lapse photography, and infrared thermal imaging, The Beauty of Chemistry shows us how chemistry underpins the formation of snowflakes, the science of champagne, the colors of flowers, and other wonders of nature and technology. We see the marvelous configurations of chemical gardens; the amazing transformations of evaporation, distillation, and precipitation; heat made visible; and more.
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