A Tale of Seven Elements: Plus Another 40 or So Others - Couverture souple

Scerri, Eric R.

 
9780197785324: A Tale of Seven Elements: Plus Another 40 or So Others
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0197785328 ISBN 13 : 9780197785324
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2025

Synopsis

In 1913, English physicist Henry Moseley transformed our understanding of the elements by organizing them by atomic number, from hydrogen to uranium. However, it soon became obvious that researchers had yet to discover seven completely unknown elements.

In this updated and expanded edition of his acclaimed book, Eric Scerri presents the intriguing stories of these elements--protactinium, hafnium, rhenium, technetium, francium, astatine, and promethium. It follows their discoveries through the two world wars, starting with protactinium in 1917 and ending with promethium in 1945. Scerri details the research leading to each discovery, the pivotal experiments, the chemists involved, the properties of each element, and their applications. For example, hafnium alloys, named after Copenhagen (hafnia), have some of the highest boiling points and are used in rocket thrusters like those on the Apollo Lunar Modules. Scerri then examines the integration of twenty-five new elements into the periodic table over the past fifty years and concludes with a new chapter on rare earth elements and the histories of their discoveries.

The Second Edition of A Tale of Seven Elements vividly portrays the journey of chemical research, from missteps and disputes to the thrill of discovery, illuminating the researchers behind the elements, as much as their breakthroughs.

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À propos de l?auteur

Eric Scerri is founder and editor-in-chief of the Springer journal Foundations of Chemistry. He has authored around 200 journal articles in the history and philosophy of science, chemistry and chemical education, in addition to five books. He has been teaching chemistry as well as history and philosophy of science at UCLA since the year 2000.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0197785328
ISBN 13 
9780197785324
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
Oxford University Press
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