Periodic tales : the curious lives of the elements / Hugh Aldersey-Williams.
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TextPublisher: London : Penguin, 2012Description: xvii, 428 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN: 9780141041452 (pbk.); 0141041455 (pbk.)Subject(s): Chemical elements -- Popular worksDDC classification: 546 LOC classification: QD467 | .A457 2012Summary: 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 their stories are our stories.
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Originally published: London: Viking, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-413) and index.
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 their stories are our stories.
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