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Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc de Hugh Aldersey-Williams

Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc

Autor Hugh Aldersey-Williams
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 feb 2012
In the spirit of A Short History of Nearly Everything comes Periodic Tales. Award-winning science writer Hugh Andersey-Williams offers readers a captivating look at the elements—and the amazing, little-known stories behind their discoveries. Periodic Tales is an energetic and wide-ranging book of innovations and innovators, of superstition and science and the myriad ways the chemical elements are woven into our culture, history, and language. It will delight readers of Genome, Einstein’s Dreams, Longitude, and The Age of Wonder. 
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ISBN-13: 9780061824739
ISBN-10: 0061824739
Pagini: 448
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția Ecco

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Like the alphabet, the calendar, or the zodiac, the periodic table of the chemical elements has a permanent place in our imagination. But aside from the handful of common ones (iron, carbon, copper, gold), the elements themselves remain wrapped in mystery. We do not know what most of them look like, how they exist in nature, how they got their names, or of what use they are to us. Unlocking their astonishing secrets and colorful pasts, Periodic Tales is a passionate journey through mines and artists’ studios, to factories and cathedrals, into the woods and to the sea to discover the true stories of these fascinating but mysterious building blocks of the universe.

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“[A] virtuoso tour of the periodic table.” — Publishers Weekly
“[C]harming. . . . Aldersey-Williams writes with simplicity and elegance. The stories may not help you on your next chemistry test, but they’ll help you appreciate the building blocks that are all around us yet all too easy to overlook.” — Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers
“A lucid, enjoyable collection . . . that, element by element, demystifies the iconic periodic table.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Aldersey-Williams’s playful, hands-on approach to scientific exploration shines through the book.” — Boston Globe
For the UK edition: “[F]ascinating and beautiful. . . . If only chemistry had been like this at school. . . . [A] rich compilation of delicious tales.” — Matt Ridley, Prospect magazine

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