Name: periodic tales: a cultural history of the elements, from arsenic to zinc
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Author: Aldersey-Williams, Hugh
ISBN: 9780061824739

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periodic tales: a cultural history of the elements, from arsenic to zinc

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Physical Book

Author

Hugh Aldersey-Williams

Publisher

Ecco Press

Language

English

Pages

448

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.4 x 13.4 x 2.7 cm

Weight

0.33 kg.

ISBN

0061824739

ISBN13

9780061824739

Synopsis "periodic tales: a cultural history of the elements, from arsenic to zinc"

In the spirit of A Short History of Nearly Everything comes Periodic Tales. Award-winning science writer Hugh Andersey-Williams offers readers a captivating look at the elements--and the amazing, little-known stories behind their discoveries. Periodic Tales is an energetic and wide-ranging book of innovations and innovators, of superstition and science and the myriad ways the chemical elements are woven into our culture, history, and language. It will delight readers of Genome, Einstein's Dreams, Longitude, and The Age of Wonder.

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