Elegant solutions : ten beautiful experiments in chemistry /
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| Author / Creator: | Ball, Philip, 1962- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, UK : Royal Society of Chemistry, c2005. |
| Description: | vii, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5792487 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: What is an Experiment? What is Beauty?
- Section 1. Asking Questions of Nature
- Chapter 1. How Does Your Garden Grow?
- Chapter 2. An Element Compounded
- Chapter 3. New Light
- Chapter 4. The Marvellous Glass Balloon
- Chapter 5. The Elements Came in One By One
- Divertissement 1: Chemistry as Theatre
- Section 2. Posing New Questions
- Chapter 6. Molecules Take Shape
- Divertissement 2: Myths and Romances
- Chapter 7. Life and How to Make It
- Chapter 8. Not So Noble
- Section 3. The Art of Making Things
- Chapter 9. Nature Rebuilt
- Chapter 10. Plato's Molecules
- Divertissement 3: Chemical Aesthetics
