Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc ~ the agency of Hugh Aldersey-Williams
Publisher: H...er | ISBN: 0061824720 | 2011 | EPUB/MOBI | 448 pages | 4 MB/4 MB
Like the rudiments, the calendar, or the zodiac, the recurring table of the chemical elements has a durable place in our imagination. But on one side from the handful of common ones (iron, carbon, cent, gold), the elements themselves remain wrapped in secret. We do not know what greatest in number of them look like, how they be alive in nature, how they got their names, or of what use they are to us. Unlocking their astonishing secrets and colorful pasts, Periodic Tales is a glowing journey through mines and artists’ studios, to factories and cathedrals, into the woods and to the the great deep to discover the true stories of these fascinating yet mysterious building blocks of the whole creation.
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