"Bob Fay was an excellent inorganic chemist, superb at analyzing the variety of ways by which the atoms surrounding a central metal atom in an inorganic molecule move around, rearranging themselves into a different geometry. Bob's work was beautifully reasoned and always reliable."
Adapting Goethe's sturm-und-drang classic The Sorrows of Young Werther into a buoyant, bright Canadian rom-com may sound like a bad idea, but the film ultimately finds charm and chemistry in its leads.
There are hundreds of chemical formulas - or as I like to think of them, pyrotechnic recipes - for fireworks. These recipes are still based off an ancient mixture of chemicals that produces the quintessential bang, but modern fireworks use all sorts of chemical magic to put on the incredible shows of today.