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Periodic Tales

hardcover – March 29, 2011
by Aldersey-Williams, Hugh
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ISBN-13: 9780061824722 ISBN-10: 0061824720
Publisher
Ecco
Binding
hardcover
Published
March 29, 2011
Weight
1.1 lbs
Dimensions
21.60×3.80×14.60 cm

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Periodic Tales by Aldersey-Williams, Hugh. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780061824722.

In the spirit of A Short History of Nearly Everything comes Periodic Tales. Award-winning science writer Hugh Andersey-Williams offers readers a captivating look at the elements—and the amazing, little-known stories behind their discoveries. Periodic Tales is an energetic and wide-ranging book of innovations and innovators, of superstition and science and the myriad ways the chemical elements are woven into our culture, history, and language. It will delight readers of Genome, Einstein’s Dreams, Longitude, and The Age of Wonder.