The Beauty of Chemistry
By Philip Ball
Photographs by Wenting Zhu and Yan Liang
By Philip Ball
Photographs by Wenting Zhu and Yan Liang
By Philip Ball
Photographs by Wenting Zhu and Yan Liang
By Philip Ball
Photographs by Wenting Zhu and Yan Liang
Category: Science & Technology | Photography
Category: Science & Technology | Photography
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$49.95
May 11, 2021 | ISBN 9780262044417
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May 11, 2021 | ISBN 9780262362726
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Praise
Choice 2021 Outstanding Academic Title
“Far from portraying a routine lab procedure, this collection showcases chemistry’s excitement and aesthetic allure.”—Scientific American
“With atomic clarity, science writer Philip Ball narrates this visual tour through the under-appreciated chemical beauty that surrounds us.”—WIRED
“Ball’s scintillating book is a paean to chemical beauty in nature and laboratories, with lavish images created by Wenting Zhu, Yan Liang and the Chinese Chemical Society.”—Nature
Table Of Contents
ELEMENTAL: THE CHARISMA OF CHEMISTRY
1 EFFERVESCENT: THE BEAUTY OF BUBBLES
2 ORDERLY: THE CHARM OF CRYSTALS
3 INSOLUBLE: THE POWER OF PRECIPITATION
4 EXUBERANT: THE DELIGHT OF DENDRITIC GROWTH
5 INCENDIARY: THE FASCINATION OF FLAMES
6 GALVANIZING: THE ENCHANTMENT OF ELECTROCHEMISTRY
7 CHROMATIC: THE CURIOSITY OF COLOR CHANGES IN PLANTS
8 CALESCENT: THE HELPFULNESS OF HEAT
9 ORGANIC: THE CONTORTIONS OF CHEMICAL GARDENS
10 CREATIVE: THE PROFUSION OF PATTERNS
POSTSCRIPT: ART, WONDER, AND SCIENCE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
APPENDIX: MOLECULES AND STRUCTURES
GLOSSARY
SOURCES OF QUOTATIONS
INDEX
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