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Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc

Publisher: Ecco Press

Contributors:

Hugh Aldersey-Williams (Author)

Contributors: Hugh Aldersey-Williams (Author)

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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.
ISBN-10: 0061824739
ISBN-13: 9780061824739
Author: Aldersey-Williams, Hugh
Publisher: Ecco Press

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ISBN-13: 9780061824739

ISBN-10: 0061824739

Publisher: Ecco Press

Publish Date: February 28, 2012

On Sale Date: January 1, 0001

Language: English

Pages: 448

Dimensions: 7.9 × 5.3 × 1.1 in

Weight: 0.75 lbs

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