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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller notes
- Special Attributes
- EX-LIBRARY
- Publication Name
- Penguin Books, Limited
- ISBN
- 9780670918119
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Periodic Tales: the Curious Lives of the Elements
- Item Height
- 222 mm
- Publisher
- Penguin Books LTD
- Topic
- Chemistry, Science
- Item Weight
- 592 g
- Item Width
- 144 mm
- Number of Pages
- 448 Pages
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The phenomenal Sunday Times bestseller Periodic Tales by Hugh Andersey-Williams, packed with fascinating stories and unexpected information about the building blocks of our universe. Everything in the universe is made of them, including you. Like you, the elements have personalities, attitudes, talents, shortcomings, stories rich with meaning. Here you'll meet iron that rains from the heavens and noble gases that light the way to vice. You'll learn how lead can tell your future while zinc may one day line your coffin. You'll discover what connects the bones in your body with the Whitehouse in Washington, the glow of a streetlamp with the salt on your dinner table. Unlocking their astonishing secrets and colourful pasts, Periodic Tales is a voyage of wonder and discovery, showing that their stories are our stories, and their lives are inextricable from our own. 'Science writing at its best. A fascinating and beautiful literary anthology, bringing them to life as personalities. If only chemistry had been like this at school. A rich compilation of delicious tales'Matt Ridley, Prospect 'A love letter to the chemical elements. Aldersey-Williams is full of good stories and he knows how to tell them well'Sunday Telegraph 'Great fun to read and an endless fund of unlikely and improbable anecdotes'Financial Times 'The history, science, art, literature and everyday applications of all the elements from aluminium to zinc' The Times Hugh Aldersey-Williams studied natural sciences at Cambridge. He is the author of several books exploring science, design and architecture and has curated exhibitions at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Wellcome Collection. He lives in Norfolk with his wife and son.
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Publisher
Penguin Books LTD
ISBN-13
9780670918119
eBay Product ID (ePID)
97894707
Product Key Features
Book Title
Periodic Tales: the Curious Lives of the Elements
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Chemistry, Science
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
222 mm
Item Weight
592 g
Item Width
144 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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