The ingredients : a guided tour of the elements / Philip Ball.
The ingredients : a guided tour of the elements / Philip Ball.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Date
2002.
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N546/146
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English
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Physical content
xii, 216 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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. Fo...
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2002.
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Summary
"This book explains the difficulties of defining and identifying the elements, the pattern of the periodic table, the principles behind the formation of synthetic elements, and the ways in which elements have shaped the technologies of civilizations."--BOOK JACKET.
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The ingredients : a guided tour of the elements / Philip Ball.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 202) and index.
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Other version (online)
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N546/146
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74VvBvexdkaZ
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ISBN
0192841009 (hbk.)
9780192841001
0192841009
9780192841001 (hbk.)
DDC
546
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991016377759702626
