A Tale of Seven Elements
- ISBN-10
- 0195391314
- ISBN-13
- 9780195391312
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 200
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-07-18
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Author
- Eric Scerri
Description
In A Tale of Seven Elements, Eric Scerri presents the fascinating history of those seven elements discovered to be mysteriously "missing" from the periodic table in 1913.
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