The Beauty of Chemistry: Art, Wonder, and Science by Ball, Philip

The Beauty of Chemistry: Art, Wonder, and Science (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780262044417)

Vendor: Philip Ball
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Format: Hardcover
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The Beauty of Chemistry: Art, Wonder, and Science by Ball, Philip

The Beauty of Chemistry: Art, Wonder, and Science

$49.95
The Beauty of Chemistry: Art, Wonder, and Science by Ball, Philip

The Beauty of Chemistry: Art, Wonder, and Science

$49.95
Format: Hardcover
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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.

Author: Philip Ball
ISBN-10: 0262044412
ISBN-13: 9780262044417
Publisher: MIT Press
Language: English
Published: 05/11/2021
Pages: 392
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.90lbs
Size: 9.10h x 8.40w x 1.20d

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Choice 12/01/2021
By Philip Ball
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Philip Ball is the author of many critically acclaimed books of popular science, including Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another, The Elements: A Very Short Introduction, and Beyond Weird: Why Everything You Thought You Knew about Quantum Physics Is Different. Wenting Zhu is an artist, designer, and photographer. Yan Liang is Associate Professor at the University of Science and Technology of China and the founder and producer of the educational brand Beauty of Science. He has worked as a science animator and illustrator.

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