Periodic tales : a cultural history of the elements, from arsenic to zinc /
Aldersey-Williams, Hugh.
Periodic tales : a cultural history of the elements, from arsenic to zinc / Hugh Aldersey-Williams. - 1st ed. - New York : Ecco, 2011. - xvii, 428 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
"In the spirit of A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING, an energetic and wide-ranging book of discovery and discoverers, of exploitation and celebration, and of superstition and science, all in search of the ways the chemical elements are woven into our culture, history, and language"--
9780061824722 (hardback : acidfree paper) 9780061824739 (pbk.)
2011009864
Periodic law--History.
Chemical elements--History.
Discoveries in science.
QD467 / .A457 2011
546/.8
Periodic tales : a cultural history of the elements, from arsenic to zinc / Hugh Aldersey-Williams. - 1st ed. - New York : Ecco, 2011. - xvii, 428 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
"In the spirit of A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING, an energetic and wide-ranging book of discovery and discoverers, of exploitation and celebration, and of superstition and science, all in search of the ways the chemical elements are woven into our culture, history, and language"--
9780061824722 (hardback : acidfree paper) 9780061824739 (pbk.)
2011009864
Periodic law--History.
Chemical elements--History.
Discoveries in science.
QD467 / .A457 2011
546/.8