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Superb presentation of the molecular and macroscopic properties of soap films and bubbles, including many demonstrations that can be readily performed with simple household materials. Emphasis on application of soap films to solution of physical problems, e.g. the motorway and minimum area problems. Over 120 black-and-white illustrations, 41 color photographs.

There are few physical objects as beautiful or as fascinating as a soap bubble -fire is perhaps the only common natural phenomenon which can hold our interest in the same way. But, unlike fire, soap bubbles exhibit a perfection of geometrical form and a simplicity which appeals instantly to the mathematical mind.