Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements
Autor Hugh Aldersey-Williamsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 ian 2012
'Science writing at its best. If only chemistry had been like this at school' Matt Ridley
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Everything in the universe is made of them, including you. Like you,the elementshave personalities, attitudes, talents, shortcomings, stories rich with meaning.
Here you'll meet iron that rains from the heavens and noble gases that light the way to vice. You'll learn how lead can tell your future while zinc may one day line your coffin. You'll discover what connects the bones in your body with the Whitehouse in Washington, the glow of a streetlamp with the salt on your dinner table.
Unlocking their astonishing secrets and colourful pasts,Periodic Talesis a voyage of wonder and discovery, showing that their stories are inextricable from the stories of our own lives.
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'A love letter to the chemical elements. Aldersey-Williams is full of good stories and he knows how to tell them well'Sunday Telegraph
'The history, science, art, literature and everyday applications of all the elements from aluminium to zinc'The Times
'Great fun to read and an endless fund of unlikely and improbable anecdotes'Financial Times
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141041452
ISBN-10: 0141041455
Pagini: 464
Ilustrații: 60 b/w integrated
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141041455
Pagini: 464
Ilustrații: 60 b/w integrated
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Hugh
Aldersey-Williams
studied
natural
sciences
at
Cambridge.
He
is
the
author
of
several
books
exploring
science,
design
and
architecture
-
includingPeriodic
Tales,
AnatomiesandThe
Adventures
of
Sir
Thomas
Browne
in
the
21st
Century-
and
has
curated
exhibitions
at
the
Victoria
and
Albert
Museum
and
the
Wellcome
Collection.
He
lives
in
Norfolk
with
his
wife
and
son.
Recenzii
Science
writing
at
its
best
...
fascinating
and
beautiful
...
if
only
chemistry
had
been
like
this
at
school
...
to
meander
through
the
periodic
table
with
him
...
is
like
going
round
a
zoo
with
Gerald
Durrell
...
a
rich
compilation
of
delicious
tales,
but
it
offers
greater
rewards,
too
Immensely engaging and continually makes one sit up in surprise
Splendid ... enjoyable and polished
Full of good stories and he knows how to tell them well ... an agreeable jumble of anecdote, reflection and information
Great fun to read and an endless fund of unlikely and improbable anecdotes ... sharp and often witty
A joyous romp through the chemical elements
Not only a cultural history of the elements, it is also a lament to the loss of science as a hobby
A flashily brainy book, crammed with literary references and held together by a personal quest to collect as many elements as possible
'Elements are fun' is the essential premise of Hugh Aldersey-Williams's new book and by heck he's right ... Aldersey-Williams mourns the fact chemistry isn't really sexy any more;Periodic Talesis a step towards it getting its mojo back
Imaginative and fun ... almost every page yields a nugget
Immensely engaging and continually makes one sit up in surprise
Splendid ... enjoyable and polished
Full of good stories and he knows how to tell them well ... an agreeable jumble of anecdote, reflection and information
Great fun to read and an endless fund of unlikely and improbable anecdotes ... sharp and often witty
A joyous romp through the chemical elements
Not only a cultural history of the elements, it is also a lament to the loss of science as a hobby
A flashily brainy book, crammed with literary references and held together by a personal quest to collect as many elements as possible
'Elements are fun' is the essential premise of Hugh Aldersey-Williams's new book and by heck he's right ... Aldersey-Williams mourns the fact chemistry isn't really sexy any more;Periodic Talesis a step towards it getting its mojo back
Imaginative and fun ... almost every page yields a nugget
Textul de pe ultima copertă
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.