The disappearing spoon : and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements
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- ISBN: 0316051640
- ISBN: 9780316051644
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Physical Description:
vi, 391 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 377) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Orientation: Column by Column, Row by Row. Geography is destiny ; Near twins and black sheep: the genealogy of elements ; The Galápagos of the periodic table -- Making Atoms, Breaking Atoms. Where atoms come from : "We are all star stuff" ; Elements in time of war ; Completing the table with a bang ; Extending the table, expanding the Cold War -- Periodic Confusion: the Emergence of Complexity. From physics to biology ; Poisoner's corridor : "ouch-ouch" ; Take two elements, call me in the morning ; How elements deceive -- The Elements of Human Character. Political elements ; Elements as money ; Artistic elements ; An element of madness -- Element Science Today and Tomorrow. Chemistry way, way below zero ; Spheres of splendor: the science of bubbles ; Tools of ridiculous precision ; Above (and beyond) the periodic table -- The periodic table of elements. |
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Subject: | Chemical elements Miscellanea Periodic law Tables |
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