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Very short introductions volume 289
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The periodic table is an iconic symbol of science, and an understanding of it is essential to the physical sciences. In this volume the author presents an exploration of the periodic table in the physical sciences, considering the deeper implications of the arrangements of the table to atomic physics and quantum mechanics. He shows how this scientific knowledge about the elements was gained and considers its wider meaning. He introduces the significant...
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
As one of the most recognizable images in science, the periodic table is ingrained in our culture. First drawn up in 1869 by Dmitri Mendeleev, its 118 elements make up not only everything on our planet but also everything in the entire universe. The Periodic Table looks at the fascinating story and surprising uses of each of those elements, whether solid, liquid or gas. From the little-known uses of gold in medicine to the development of the hydrogen...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The elements of the periodic table come alive in the first book in a stellar nonfiction comic series illustrated by Shiho Pate!"--
"The elements of the periodic table come alive in the first book in a stellar nonfiction comic series illustrated by Shiho Pate!From oxygen to hydrogen, carbon to plutonium,Animated Science: Periodic Tablemakes chemistry come alive! In this book you'll meet the building blocks of you, the world, and the universe and...
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Language
English
Description
The periodic table of the elements is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of passion, adventure, obsession, and betrayal. These tales follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold, and all the elements in the table as they play out their parts in human history. The usual suspects are here, like Marie Curie (and her radioactive journey to the discovery of polonium and radium) and William Shockley (who is credited, not exactly justly,...
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English
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Description
"What is the chemical symbol for a human? What's the strongest acid ever made? Can human beings really spontaneously combust? An exploration of the periodic table in its final form, Elemental answers these questions and more"--From dust jacket.
Series
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A chronicle of the historical development of the concept of an "element" from the ideas of ancient Greece through modern quantum theory. Viewers learn that as scientists like Boyle, Dalton and Lavoisier began to recognize patterns in the behavior of chemicalsk they sought a unifying principle that would explain why different elements had different properties.
20) Iron
Author
Publisher
Rosen Pub. Group
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Explains the characteristics of iron, where it is found, how it is used by humans, and its relationship to other elements found in the periodic table.
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