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Genre/Form: | Pictorial works |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Theodore W Gray; Nick Mann |
ISBN: | 9780316391221 0316391220 |
OCLC Number: | 989726672 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Description: | vii, 216 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm |
Contents: | Chemistry is magic. Is that really magic? ; Ancient magic was mostly chemistry ; The reactions I remember from when I was but a wee lad -- Atoms, elements, molecules, reactions. What is a molecule? ; What force holds molecules together? ; What is a chemical reaction? ; Energy ; Follow the energy ; The arrow of time ; Entropy -- Fantastic reactions and where to find them. In the classroom ; In the kitchen ; In the lab ; In a factory ; On the street ; In you -- On the origin of light and color. Absorbing light ; Emitting light ; The ancient Chinese art of chemical arranging -- The boring chapter. Watching paint dry ; Watching grass grow ; Watching water boil -- The need for speed. Weathering ; Fire ; Fast fire ; Really fast fire ; The fastest reaction of all. |
Responsibility: | Theodore Gray ; photographs by Nick Mann. |
Abstract:
The long-awaited third installment in Theodore Gray's iconic "Elements" trilogy. The first two titles, Elementsand Molecules, have sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide.
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