Kathryn Harkup
Secret Lives of the Elements
Secret Lives of the Elements
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The book "The Periodic Table: A Visual Guide to the Elements" by Kathryn Harkup brings the chemical elements to life, revealing their personalities, passions, quirks, and historical oddities. It presents the periodic table as a sprawling family tree with its own black sheep, wayward cousins, and odd uncles, and tells the stories of fifty-two members of this family, from the everyday to the extraordinary.
\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 224 pages
\n Publication date: 07 October 2021
\n Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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A delightful and engaging treasure trove of a book that brings the chemical elements to life and gives them personalities of their own.
A wonderful read for young and old alike to get you inspired by chemistry.
Jim Al-Khalili
The perfect book to escape our human-sized existence and take a tour of the atomic world instead.
Helen Arney, science comedian and broadcaster
When we think of the periodic table, we picture orderly rows of elements that conform to type and never break the rules.
In this book, Kathryn Harkup reveals that there are personalities, passions, quirks, and historical oddities behind those ordered rows, and shows us that the periodic table is a sprawling family tree with its own black sheep, wayward cousins, and odd uncles.
The elements in the periodic table, like us, are an extended family - some old, some newborn, some shy and reticent, some exuberant or unreliable.
Dr. Harkup tells the weird and wonderful stories of just fifty-two members of this family - remarkable tales of discovery, inspiration, and revolution, from the everyday to the extraordinary.
Some elements are relatively anonymous; others, already familiar, are seen in a new light; and old friends have surprising secrets to share.
From our green-fingered friend magnesium to the devil incarnate polonium, this eclectic collection of engaging and informative stories will change the way you see the periodic table for ever.
\n Weight: 564g\n
Dimension: 155 x 222 x 24 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781529412741\n \n
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