Reactions: An Illustrated Exploration of Elements, Molecules, and Change in the Universe, Book 3 of 3

Very good buy. Quite well made. Very colorful and easy to read. Great addition to any library.

GREAT reference books. Everything you wanted to know about REACTIONS but were afraid to ask. REALLY!

Bought as Christmas gift, and they loved it.

Very educational. Fabulous pictures. We enjoy it.

Whether high school, college, or adult learner, anyone with the least bit of curiosity about the universe will benefit from the three book series. If you are a parent, these books of his will be a hit with your child helping them to enjoy science even if they aren’t headed in that direction. There are multiple pictures, photos, to entertain and not bore. Plus his dry sense of humor should delight and his child-like curiosity might spark an interest in you or your child. The author debunks a lot of ‘junk science’ and hokum spewed out by those who are either ignorant or want to sell you something useless.

We love the visuals and simple text throughout this entire series. Great for curious kids and adults.

Theodore Gray is to popular science communication to the broad public as Jimi Hendrix is to the guitar. He has made an enormous contribution to making chemistry interesting and build a foundation for student to advance to formal study with all its equations. I have a hard science doctorate my self and still enjoy his books and get some good information from them. As an aside, his humorous approach will most likely make most readers more interested and his opinions on subjects such as the pseudoscience of homeopathic medicine are in keeping with the findings of science. We live in the 21st century, not the 18th.

While I much enjoyed Gray's other two books in this series, I found this one rather hard to follow in several places. For example, when he deals with some of the first reactions in the book -- how the sun produces light and energy through nuclear fusion is the one that leaps to mind -- he is good at showing us how the complex series of reactions involved lead to various chemical products, but there is far less on the most important aspect, namely how and why it is that these reactions result in the release of electro-magnetic energy in the form of quadrillions of photons at various frequencies. The book is also weak on providing the actual quantitative aspects of the reaction, for example, how much energy at what temperatures is released by the combination of the three components of gunpowder when they explode. ... I also agree with the comments of another commentator here, that the use of so much white on black text is really annoying. These are fairly large flaws, but I'm still giving it 4 stars because the whole idea of trying to explain complex chemical reactions to a lay audience is still quite worthwhile.

Buen libro. Un must para los amantes de la química y los inquietos. Gray es un auténtico crack. Sin embargo, compré el producto por nuevo y está usado, tiene ralladas pequeñas de uso en la portada y la parte trasera.

I love this book! I already have the app on my iPad, which is informative and humorous with loads of interactive parts, videos and ‘ the song’ (Elements) but I felt I would be nice to have the book too, so I can just dip in and out of it slightly easier than I can with the app. I have also got the apps, and the books, for several others in this series. Great for children, and also for adults to give a broad, engaging overview of the subject. (I am an adult, and I bought them all for me!). Recommended!

Estos libros son una obra de arte fotográfica aunado a los contenidos tan interesantes que despiertan la curiosidad de quien lo lee, más alguien como yo que vive de la química.

Livro de excelente qualidade,com bom conteúdo e belas fotos.

Solo belle foto