The Beauty of Chemistry: Art, Wonder, and Science

Book Description

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.

中文：

书名：化学之美：艺术、奇迹和科学

图片和文字捕捉到了化学过程的惊人之美，这些过程创造了雪花、气泡、火焰和其他自然奇观。

化学不仅仅是微观原子在做一些令人费解的事情；它是形成花朵和星系的过程。我们依靠它来烘焙面包、种植蔬菜和生产日常生活材料。在令人惊叹的图像和富有启发性的文字中，这本书捕捉到了它展开时的化学。利用显微摄影、延时摄影、红外热成像等技术，化学之美它向我们展示了化学是如何支撑雪花的形成，香槟的科学，花的颜色，以及其他自然和技术的奇迹。我们看到了化学园的奇妙配置；蒸发、蒸馏和降水的惊人变化；可见的热量；以及更多。