The Definitive Illustrated Guide to the Elements - Couverture souple

Challoner, Jack

 
9780233004884: The Definitive Illustrated Guide to the Elements
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0233004882 ISBN 13 : 9780233004884
Editeur : Andre Deutsch Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

What links the Taj Mahal and our skeleton? Calcium. The Eiffel Tower and our blood? Iron. The salt on our fries and the street lamps that guide us home? Sodium. Forged in the Big Bang, the elements and their resulting compounds went on to create our Solar System, the planet we live on, the air we breathe, the water we rely on, and the proteins that would become life. Everything in the known Universe is made up of one of the 118 elements of the periodic table, and this book is your definitive illustrated guide. Every element is featured, their vital statistics given, their main compounds and uses explored, and their fascinating histories told. The Elements is authoritative and accessible, with a sense of wonder about the way in which the material world works, thanks to the protons, neutrons and electrons that make up the atoms of the elements.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jack Challoner has been a science writer since 1991. He has written over 30 books on a variety of scientific and technological subjects. He has also written for encyclopaedias, magazines, museum exhibitions and websites, and acts as scientific consultant for books, plays and television programmes. He is the author of Carlton's Genius: Great Inventors and their Creations and lives in Bristol.

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Éditeur
Andre Deutsch Ltd
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0233004882
ISBN 13 
9780233004884
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
160
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Personne responsable
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