Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Kerosene is a liquid made of carbon-based molecules that, on the atomic scale, looks like spaghetti. Olive oil is a gloopy liquid made of carbon-based molecules that, on the atomic scale, looks more like twirled spaghetti. #2 The Persian physician and alchemist Rhazes developed special chemical procedures to extract kerosene, a liquid made of carbon-based molecules that looked like twirled spaghetti. It was flammable and produced a smokeless flame. It would take another thousand years for the Persians to discover an alternative source of energy and tax revenue. #3 The structure of liquids is intermediate between the chaos of gas and the static prison of solids. This allows them to flow and maintain a flame, which is a basic principle of liquids. #4 The structure of liquids is intermediate between the chaos of gas and the static prison of solids, and this allows them to flow and maintain a flame. This is a basic principle of liquids.