From ancient civilisations to contemporary culture, from the oxygen of publicity to the phosphorus in your pee, the elements are near and far and all around us. Unlocking their astonishing secrets and colourful pasts, Periodic Tales will take you on a voyage of wonder and discov…
Like you, the elements have lives - personalities and attitudes, talents and shortcomings, stories rich with meaning. Unlocking their astonishing secrets and colourful pasts, 'Periodic Tales' will take you on a voyage of wonder and discovery. Along the way you will find that the…
From ancient civilisations to contemporary culture, from the oxygen of publicity to the phosphorus in your pee, the elements are near and far and all around us. Unlocking their astonishing secrets and colourful pasts, Periodic Tales will take you on a voyage of wonder and discov…
"Seven elements have stood out as having most powerfully changed the course of human history . [and] have shaped the vast complexities of our social, economic and cultural existence. These seven elements hold a grip on our emotions--and our history--like no others"--Preface.
Uranium, carbon, iron, titanium, gold, silver and silicon - how seven elements are shaping the 21st century, for good and bad.
"Seven elements have stood out as having most powerfully changed the course of human history . [and] have shaped the vast complexities of our social, economic and cultural existence. These seven elements hold a grip on our emotions--and our history--like no others"--Preface.
Presented with a color-coded system for easily navigating the different groups of elements, provides information on the characteristics and uses of the one hundred eighteen elements that make up the Periodic Table.
Presented with a color-coded system for easily navigating the different groups of elements, provides information on the characteristics and uses of the one hundred eighteen elements that make up the Periodic Table.
The elements are what we - and everything around us - are made of. But how many elements have you seen in their pure, raw, uncombined form? This book presents photographic representations of the 118 elements in the period table, along with facts, figures and stories about each o…
Informatie in woord en beeld over chemische elementen.
The Periodic Table is huge and intricate and seen to be a thing for only Scientists to worry about. This book allows all to have access to what the symbols and two-letter Scrabble words that everyone thinks must be cheating actually mean and also where we can encounter them in e…
The elements are what we - and everything around us - are made of. But how many elements have you seen in their pure, raw, uncombined form? This book presents photographic representations of the 118 elements in the period table, along with facts, figures and stories about each o…
Presents a photographic representation of the over 100 elements in the periodic table; and includes facts, figures, and stories of the elements, data on the properties of each, and the year and location in which it was discovered.
Presents a photographic representation of the over 100 elements in the periodic table; and includes facts, figures, and stories of the elements, data on the properties of each, and the year and location in which it was discovered.