Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc Paperback - 2012
by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
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Like the alphabet, the calendar, or the zodiac, the periodic table of the chemical elements has a permanent place in our imagination. But aside from the handful of common ones (iron, carbon, copper, gold), the elements themselves remain wrapped in mystery. We do not know what most of them look like, how they exist in nature, how they got their names, or of what use they are to us. Unlocking their astonishing secrets and colorful pasts, Periodic Tales is a passionate journey through mines and artists' studios, to factories and cathedrals, into the woods and to the sea to discover the true stories of these fascinating but mysterious building blocks of the universe.
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- Title Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc
- Author Hugh Aldersey-Williams
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ecco Press
- Date 2012-02-28
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780061824739 / 0061824739
- Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 8.03 x 5.29 x 1.08 in (20.40 x 13.44 x 2.74 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Library of Congress subjects Discoveries in science, Chemical elements - History
- Dewey Decimal Code 546
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