A book resonates with "the molecular mystery of the chemical world in the visual journey"

A visual tour of molecular mysteries in the chemical world (color collection edition)

theodore gray

Nick Mann photography

A good popular science book that I almost missed.

If the visual tour is a sunny beach with flowers and grass, that's what I like. The chemical world stumped me at once. This reminds me of the periodic table of elements and scary chemical experiments that I have never recited. I don't know where my imagination comes from, and I'm always worried about operational mistakes.

So, when I was able to study liberal arts, I soon gave up chemistry.

So, I got this book, flipped through it and was left out by myself.

It's just that I suddenly like reading in recent years. I don't want to study, and I don't believe that I am mentally retarded in mathematics and physics. At the same time, I think that if you don't understand mathematics and physics and lack basic common sense, you can't be objective when you know people and read the world, which is not good for reading itself.

So, I finally remembered the visual journey.

"Everything that exists in reality is made up of various elements. When they combine with each other, they form various molecules. "

This sentence moved me. I read that "in this world, all real substances are made up of various elements in the periodic table." I no longer doubt life.

I don't believe in chemistry when I am superstitious about jade to ward off evil spirits. When I am superstitious about the pursuit of original ecology in organic food, I don't believe that sugar is the same as saccharin, cyclamate, acesulfame, aspartame and neotame. I thought "sugar" was an original ecological food. When I was a child, my family warned me not to take out food to buy sugar water because I might drink saccharin water. When you grow up, even if you clearly see the packaging instructions of sugar, you can pretend not to know that it is chemically synthesized. "Visual Journey: Molecular Mysteries in the Chemical World" clearly points out that "nature and factories have created a variety of sugars, and their changes depend on the types and quantities of monosaccharides connected and the connection methods between them. Each combination has its own unique chemical structure, taste and health significance. "

The reason why I seldom touch cosmetics in recent years is because I finally accepted the fact of "chemical action" and would rather eat and drink well than torture my face. In fact, human beings have long been inseparable from chemistry, which is everywhere. When it comes to chemistry, you can't think of pollution and toxicity. These also exist, and how to treat them scientifically and rationally is the key point.

The elements and molecules in photographer Nick Mann's lens are really beautiful, which makes people unforgettable and even fall in love with studying chemistry. I really don't understand why I stubbornly ignored it a few years ago. Even if you look at the author's profile, you should buy other works of the author, such as the best-selling book Visual Journey: Magical Chemical Elements, which has been translated into 23 languages.

Don't get me wrong, I don't intend to study chemistry, but it is necessary to master more popular science knowledge, so as not to make big jokes in life, and the more knowledge, the more practical it is.

Putting this book down reminds me of the time when I was studying by myself in middle school and evening. I sat askew and pretended to be reviewing. How to read a good book when criticized by a female chemistry teacher for not sitting well? A little embarrassed and a little touched.

Indeed, I didn't study hard. After a few years, I reluctantly went to study abroad. Of course, the tall and handsome class teacher read my resume. The first thing he said to me was to ask me if I knew the teacher. I said yes. She teaches me chemistry. The class teacher said it was his college classmate.

That's how I spoke, and I was relieved of my reserve. I said this stupidly in the dormitory, and then it was gone. I have been silly to live until now. "Life is complicated!" I was reminded along the way, but I was never complicated. Now only "stupid people are blessed" can comfort themselves.

My head teacher in Shuai Shuai only took us for one year, and we didn't get along very long after the winter and summer vacations. I remember him wearing light sunglasses and walking on his high horse. I remember that his children were still very young and a little timid. I am a liberal arts student, and he didn't teach us chemistry either. He seems to be the secretary of the Youth League Committee. It was a long time ago, so I haven't seen him since I left school. I heard that he came down later because of something. A few years ago, I met the female chemistry teacher in junior high school. She is still as alert as before. I don't remember telling her about my handsome head teacher.

Memory is becoming more and more unreliable. Cantonese people often say that life is also very chemical. How can you and I not watch it?

From the elements of chemistry to the feelings of life, that is, the questions only for liberal arts students, right? If I can read some interesting popular science books, maybe my life will have a different story.

Don't regret it, it's not too late. Embrace science in the sea of books.