| #1315796 in Books | imusti | 2012-05-01 | 2012-05-01 | Format: International Edition | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x1.10 x5.10l,.75 | File type: PDF | 288 pages | PENGUIN GROUP||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| The Elements' stories themselves are good but the exhaustive literature usages bored me.|By T. Wood|It's been awhile since I bought and read this, but I clearly remember it was a bit of a slog to get through. I love science fact books describing the discovery process, extraction/creation and purification of elements, metals and compounds and scientists' biographies. So I was re||Science writing at its best ... fascinating and beautiful ... if only chemistry had been like this at school ... to meander through the periodic table with him ... is like going round a zoo with Gerald Durrell ... a rich compilation of delicious tales, but it
The phenomenal Sunday Times bestseller Periodic Tales by Hugh Andersey-Williams, 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 y...
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