Laboratory of chemical stories. From electron to molecular machines

He talks about chemistry in our daily life - around us: in the production of nylon stockings, fabrics and automobile tires, the manifestation of photographic tanks and the manufacture of plastic toys.
The author looks into the invisible world of chemical reactions and describes what is happening in an understandable and living language, whether it is a story about the processing of rubber, dyeing of hair or creating a plexiglass.
14 chapters telling not only chemical processes, but also about exactly where chemists are looking for inspiration, how the life of the Nobel laureates in the field of chemistry has developed and what the researcher"s workplace in the laboratory looks.
What happens to the molecules at the time of chemical reactions and why do some substances become soft, while others hard, some acquire elasticity, and others - fragility? How does the viscous liquid mass turn into a light pleasant tissue and why can"t a person live without polymers? What were the people who made the greatest discoveries in chemistry, and what role did the element of chance in these discoveries play? What does the laboratory look like and is the life of an ordinary laboratory assistant really boring? Answering these and other questions, Mikhail Levitsky shows that chemistry is very exciting!