The elements : a very short introduction
This work traces the history and cultural impact of the elements on humankind, and examines why people have long sought to identify the substances around them
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1 online resource (179 pages) : illustrations
9780191518010, 9780191578250, 9786610753208, 9780192840998, 0191518018, 0191578258, 6610753202, 0192840991
86031864
1. Aristotle's Quartet: The elements in antiquity ; 2. Revolution: How oxygen changed the world ; 3. Gold: The most desirable element ; 4. The Eightfold Path: Organizing the elements ; 5. The Atom Factories: Making new elements ; 6. The Chemical Brothers: Why isotopes are useful ; 7. For All Practical Purposes: Technologies of the elements ; End notes ; Futher reading
"First published as The ingredients, 2002"--Title page verso
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