CONTENTS
ELEMENTAL:
THE CHARISMA OF CHEMISTRY
1 EFFERVESCENT:
THE BEAUTY OF BUBBLES
2 ORDERLY:
THE CHARM OF CRYSTALS
3 INSOLUBLE:
THE POWER OF PRECIPITATION
4 EXUBERANT:
THE DELIGHT OF DENDRITIC GROWTH
5 INCENDIARY:
THE FASCINATION OF FLAMES
6 GALVANIZING:
THE ENCHANTMENT OF ELECTROCHEMISTRY
7 CHROMATIC:
THE CURIOSITY OF COLOR CHANGES IN PLANTS
8 CALESCENT:
THE HELPFULNESS OF HEAT
9 ORGANIC:
THE CONTORTIONS OF CHEMICAL GARDENS
10 CREATIVE:
THE PROFUSION OF PATTERNS
POSTSCRIPT:
ART, WONDER, AND SCIENCE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
APPENDIX: MOLECULES AND STRUCTURES
GLOSSARY
SOURCES OF QUOTATIONS
INDEX