Periodic tales : a cultural history of the elements, from arsenic to zinc / Hugh Aldersey-Williams.

By:

Aldersey-Williams, Hugh

Publication details: New York : Ecco, 2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvii, 428 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780061824722 (hardback : acidfree paper)
9780061824739 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

546/.8 22

LOC classification:

QD467 .A457 2011

Other classification:

SCI000000

Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.

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"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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