The periodic kingdom : a journey into the land of the chemical elements / P.W. Atkins.
The periodic kingdom : a journey into the land of the chemical elements / P.W. Atkins.
The periodic kingdom : a journey into the land of the chemical elements / P.W. Atkins.
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New York : BasicBooks, c1995.
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T0389221
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English
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ix, 161 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Publisher
New York : BasicBooks, c1995.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c1995.
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Atkins tells us about the cosmic origins of the elements and introduces the intrepid explorers and cartographers who expanded the frontiers of the kingdom: Humphry Davy, the nineteenth-century chemist who identified and catalogued several of the common metallic elements; Dmitri Mendeleev, the Russian scientist who (legend has it) saw in a dream the...
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The periodic kingdom : a journey into the land of the chemical elements / P.W. Atkins.
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Science masters series.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-152) and index.
Transferred from N541.24/10.
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c1995.
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T0389221
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74VMBX7G7qKb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMBX7G7qKb
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0465072666 (pbk.)
9780465072651
0465072658
9780465072668 (pbk.)
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541.24
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991002405019702626
