As to be expected from Philip Ball, a solid book that captures both the science and beauty of chemistry. Highly recommended!

Thanks to MIT Press for access to a digital ARC via NetGalley.

A volume of high-quality color pictures (second and third authors) accompanied by informative text (first author). The topics are bubbles, crystals, precipitates, dendritic growth, flames, electroplating, color changes in plants, infrared emissions, "chemical gardens", and reaction-diffusion patterns. For many of the images, it would have been helpful if scale markings or magnification factors were given.