TY - BOOK AU - Aldersey-Williams,Hugh TI - Periodic tales: the curious lives of the elements SN - 9780141041452 (pbk.) AV - QD467 .A457 2012 U1 - 546 23 PY - 2012/// CY - London PB - Penguin KW - Chemical elements KW - Popular works N1 - Originally published: London: Viking, 2011; Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-413) and index N2 - 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 ER -