Product Information
The phenomenal Sunday Times bestseller 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books Ltd
ISBN-139780141041452
eBay Product ID (ePID)113932730
Product Key Features
Number of Pages464 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePeriodic Tales: the Curious Lives of the Elements
Publication Year2012
SubjectChemistry, Science
TypeTextbook
AuthorHugh Aldersey-Williams
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight319 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorHugh Aldersey-Williams