InReactions,bestsellingauthorTheodoreGraydemonstrates,throughstunning,never-before-seenimagesandillustrations,howmoleculesinteractandchangeinwaysthatareessentialtoourexistence.WithReactions,TheodoreGraycompletesthejourneythroughthechemicalworldthatbeganwiththetourdeforceTheElementsandcontinuedwithMolecules.InTheElementsGrayshowedusanever-before-seenphotographicviewofthe118elementsintheperiodictable.InMolecules,heshowedushowtheelementscombinetoformthematterthatmakesupourworld.Atlast,we’vearrivedatthefinalstepinthechemicalprocess.Reactionsbeginswitharecapofelementsandmoleculesandthegoesontoexplaintheconceptsthatcharacterizeachemicalreaction,includingenergy,entropy,andtime.Grayintroducesustohisfavoritereactions,fromthosecharacterizedbyignitionandexplosion,tophotosynthesis,to“TheBoringChapter“inwhichhedivesdeepintoreactionslikepaintdrying,grassgrowing,andwaterboiling.Reactionsisthespectacularfinaleofthethree-actchemicaldramathatGrayhasillustratedforusovertheyearsinhisengaging,entertaining,andinimitableway.
