The Elements : A Very Short Introduction.
Philip. Ball
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Oxford : : Oxford University Press, , 2004.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (193 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Preliminaries; Preface; Contents; List of figures; 1 Aristotle's quartet: The elements in antiquity; 2 Revolution: How oxygen changed the world; 3 Gold: The glorious and accursed 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; Notes; Further reading; Index;. - This Very Short Introduction traces the history and cultural impact of the elements on humankind, and examines why people have long sought to identify the substances around them. The book covers from the Greek philosophers who propounded a system with four elements - earth, air, fire, and water - to the scientists who are able to create their own.
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| Emner | Chemical elements
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| ISBN | 0192840991. - 9780192840998
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