The Beauty of Chemistry
Art, Wonder, and Science
$70.45
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
3 August 2021
Summary
Images and text capture the astonishing beauty of the chemical processes that create snowflakes, bubbles, flames, and other wonders of nature.
A “visual tour through the under-appreciated chemical beauty that surrounds us” with astonishing photographs of the scientific processes that create snowflakes, bubbles, flames, and other natural wonders.
Chemistry is not just about microscopic atoms doing inscrutable things; it is the process that makes flowers and galaxies. We rely on…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262044417 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262044412 |
| Author: | Philip Ball, Wenting Zhu |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 3 August 2021 |
| Weight: | 1.28kg |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 203mm |
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What They're Saying
Critics Review
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
About The Author
Philip Ball
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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