“Holy cow! It’s exceptionally rare that science is rendered in such lucid, thoughtful, charming fashion. I’ve never encountered a beautiful book as important as this one, or vice-versa. ‘Awesome’ is an overused word, but No Small Matter is exactly, totally, gratifyingly that.”
—Kurt Andersen, author of Reset and Heyday, host of public radio’s Studio 360
“Frankel and Whitesides are masters at the art of envisioning the invisible. In this beautiful and beautifully written book, they open our minds and eyes to the thrillingly enigmatic world that we inhabit, embody, and create.”
—Harold McGee, author of
On Food and Cooking:
The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
Felice C. Frankel has received awards and grants for her scientific photography from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Science Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Photographic Society of America, the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, the Loeb Fellowship, and the Lennart Nilsson Foundation, among others. She holds concurrent positions at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Learn more.
