--- title: These Amazing Chemical Reactions Will Show You the True Beauty of Science description: This incredible video depicts the mystical wonders of chemistry canonical: https://time.com/3481898/amazing-chemical-reactions-true-beauty-of-science/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-08T22:37:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:31.284Z article:section: Ideas og:title: These Amazing Chemical Reactions Will Show You the True Beauty of Science og:description: This incredible video depicts the mystical wonders of chemistry og:url: https://time.com/3481898/amazing-chemical-reactions-true-beauty-of-science/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Amazing Chemical Reactions Will Show You the True Beauty of Science twitter:description: This incredible video depicts the mystical wonders of chemistry twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # These Amazing Chemical Reactions Will Show You the True Beauty of Science by [Rachel Oakley / Lost at E Minor](https://time.com/author/lost-at-e-minor-zolton-zavos/) ## Rachel Oakley / Lost at E Minor Oct 8, 2014 10:37 PM UTC by [Rachel Oakley / Lost at E Minor](https://time.com/author/lost-at-e-minor-zolton-zavos/) ## Rachel Oakley / Lost at E Minor Oct 8, 2014 10:37 PM UTC  _This_ [_article_](http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/10/09/amazing-chemical-reactions-will-show-true-beauty-science/) _originally appeared on_ [_Lost at E Minor_](http://www.lostateminor.com/)_._ Even if chemistry isn’t your thing, and even if you fell asleep in almost every chemistry class, you’re sure to appreciate just how incredible science really is by watching this [Beautiful Chemistry](http://beautifulchemistry.net/) video. The video is a new collaboration between Tsinghua University Press and University of Science and Technology of China that make chemistry more interesting (and awesome) for the general public. The first project of the collaboration used a 4K UltraHD camera to capture chemical reactions without the distraction of beakers and test tubes. So what you’re seeing is a chemical reaction in its finest form. And how fine it is! (via [Colossal](http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/10/beautiful-chemistry-amazing-chemical-reactions-filmed-with-a-4k-ultrahd-camera/?mc%5Fcid=545c66b17e&mc%5Feid=e81ccd05fa)) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3481898/amazing-chemical-reactions-true-beauty-of-science/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3481898/amazing-chemical-reactions-true-beauty-of-science/"},"headline":"These Amazing Chemical Reactions Will Show You the True Beauty of Science","datePublished":"2014-10-08T22:37:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:31.284Z","description":"This incredible video depicts the mystical wonders of chemistry","url":"https://time.com/3481898/amazing-chemical-reactions-true-beauty-of-science/","keywords":["Science topic","video","Chemistry"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel Oakley / Lost at E Minor"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3481898/amazing-chemical-reactions-true-beauty-of-science/","name":"These Amazing Chemical Reactions Will Show You the True Beauty of Science"}}]}] ```