So it will be colorful and loud on New Year’s Eve

When celebrating the New Year on New Year’s Eve, fireworks are an integral part for many. It’s not just children who are fascinated by rockets. Susanne Rehm-Taube knows what actually happens in the colorful capsules and what you have to do to ensure that a rocket paints a magnificent picture in the sky. In an interview with Ursula Weidenfeld, she describes the chemical fascination. She is curator for chemistry at the Deutsches Museum in Munich.