An edition of The elements
(2004)
The elements
a very short introduction
by Philip Ball and Philip Ball
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This work traces the history and cultural impact of the elements on humankind, and examines why people have long sought to identify the substances around them.
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Chemical elements, Matter, Химия, Chemistry| Edition | Availability |
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The Elements: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
July 30, 2004, Oxford University Press, USA
in English
0192840991 9780192840998
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The elements: a very short introduction
2004, Oxford University Press
in English
0192840991 9780192840998
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The Elements: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Apr 08, 2004, OUP Oxford
0191578258 9780191578250
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Table of Contents
1.
Aristotle's quartet : the elements in antiquity -- -- 2.
Revolution : how oxygen changed the world -- -- 3.
Gold : the glorious and accursed element -- -- 4. The
eightfold path : organizing the elements -- -- 5. The
atom factories : making new elements -- -- 6. The
chemical brothers : why isotopes are useful -- -- 7.
For all practical purposes : technologies of the elements.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 164) and index.
"First published as The ingredients, 2002"--T.p. verso.
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