Title:
The elements : an illustrated history of the Periodic table / Tom Jackson.
ISBN:
9780985323035
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Publication Information:
New York : Shelter Harbor Press, [2012]
©2012
Physical Description:
144 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 29 cm + 1 timeline.
General Note:
"100 breakthroughs that changed history" -- cover
"Who did what when" -- cover
Contents:
Introduction -- Prehistory to the first century AD (40,000 - 0) -- The Dark Ages to the Middle Ages (0 - 1600) -- The Enlightenment (1600 - 1800) -- The 19th century: the great age of science (1800 - 1900) -- The modern era (1900 - present) -- 101 chemistry: the basics -- The Periodic table -- Imponderables -- The great chemists.
Summary:
Knowledge does not arrive fully formed, it requires many minds to puzzle over the evidence. Jackson tracks the history of the periodic table, a powerful yet elegant tool that lays bare the building blocks of the universe. The 12-page foldout timeline sets the saga of the periodic table against the backdrop of world history.
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OCLC Number:
ocn813925494
Availability:
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