The Elements is an illustrated guide to the simple table that revolutionised the sciences and provides a framework for all visible matter in the universe: the Periodic Table of Elements.
The Elements: A Tour of the Periodic Table
Diagrams help clarify and support concepts featured in the book. Packed with stunning photography, the book provides an overview of the chemistry, scientific pioneers, and creation of the periodic table.
But the surprise of finding alpha particles passing through gold foil was nothing compared with what Marsden found subsequently ... event that has ever happened to me in my life', Rutherford later recalled of seeing Marsden's findings.
The classical elements -- The antique metals -- Alchemical elements -- The new metals -- Chemistry golden age -- Electrical discoveries -- The radiant age -- The nuclear age.
Profiles every element on the periodic table and describes their properties, when they were discovered, and how they are used in household materials.
The Elements is a story of love, pain, hope and, ultimately, transformation.
This Very Short Introduction traces the history and cultural impact of the elements on humankind, and examines why people have long sought to identify the substances around them.
If he is to succeed, he will need to learn to cultivate the energy of the elements, hone his martial and crafting skills, and complete the school's harsh tests and trials.
Here is the first book to provide a complete natural history of the elements.
The Elements is a family book, a thinker’s biography in poetry, and a polylingual homage.
From water, air, and fire to tennessine and oganesson, celebrated science writer Philip Ball leads us through the full sweep of the field of chemistry in this exquisitely illustrated history of the elements.
Calcium. The Eiffel Tower and our blood? Iron. The salt on our chips and the street lamps that guide us home? Sodium. The elements make up everything, and this book is the perfect guide to every one of them.
New Beginnings is the first book of the series The Elements written by Emilis Navickas. The book proposes the experiences of seven teenagers whose lives are about to undergo a radical change.
The third edition of this widely acclaimed reference book collects together the most important facts about all the chemical elements in a single easy-to-use guidebook. Not only in this edition...
The Elements
A spectacular visual guide to the more than 100 elements that make up you and everything around you"--P. [4] of cover
An introduction to chemistry and the Periodic Table for ages 8 to 14. Includes 80-page student text, plus teacher's section with games, crafts, songs, skits and experiments.
Knowledge does not arrive fully formed, it requires many minds to puzzle over the evidence. Jackson tracks the history of the periodic table, a powerful yet elegant tool that lays bare the building blocks of the universe.
Presents photographic representations of the one hundred and eighteen elements in the period table, along with facts, figures and stories about each one.