The Periodic Kingdom
The Periodic Kingdom

Author: Peter Atkins

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2013-12-31

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1780227701

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A 'travel guide' to the periodic table, explaining the history, geography and the rules of behaviour in this imagined land. The Periodic Kingdom is a journey of imagination in which Peter Atkins treats the periodic table of elements - the 109 chemical elements in the world, from which everything is made - as a country, a periodic kingdom, each region of which corresponds to an element. Arranged much like a travel guide, the book introduces the reader to the general features of the table, the history of the elements, and the underlying arrangement of the table in terms of the structure and properties of atoms. Atkins sees elements as finely balanced living personalities, with quirks of character and certain, not always outward, dispositions, and the kingdom is thus a land of intellectual satisfaction and infinite delight.

The Periodic Kingdom
The Periodic Kingdom

Author: P. W. Atkins

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 0465072666

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An introductory journey through the periodic table explains how every tangible object is comprised of the various elements, while chronicling the history of element discovery and explaining how elemental knowledge can be applied

Essential Elements
Essential Elements

Author: Matt Tweed

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2003-04-01

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 0802714080

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A short, illustrated introduction to the tiny building blocks of our universeincluding atoms, quarks, and the periodic table. Illustrations. 10,000print.

The Periodic Table
The Periodic Table

Author: Eric R. Scerri

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 0198842325

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Eric R. Scerri presents a modern and fresh exploration of this fundamental topic in the physical sciences, considering the deeper implications of the arrangements of the table to atomic physics and quantum mechanics. This new edition celebrates the completion of the 7th period of the table, with the naming of elements 113, 115, 117, and 118

Elementary
Elementary

Author: James M. Russell

Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books

Published: 2019-06-13

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 1789291038

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Authoritative science to engage even the most unscientific! Chemistry's most significant chart, the Periodic Table, and its 118 elements, is laid bare in this lively, accessible and compelling expose.

Superheavy
Superheavy

Author: Kit Chapman

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-06-13

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1472953916

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 AAAS/SUBARU SB&F PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE BOOKS How new elements are discovered, why they matter and where they will take us. Creating an element is no easy feat. It's the equivalent of firing six trillion bullets a second at a needle in a haystack, hoping the bullet and needle somehow fuse together, then catching it in less than a thousandth of a second – after which it's gone forever. Welcome to the world of the superheavy elements: a realm where scientists use giant machines and spend years trying to make a single atom of mysterious artefacts that have never existed on Earth. From the first elements past uranium, and their role in the atomic bomb, to the latest discoveries stretching the bounds of our chemical world, Superheavy reveals the hidden stories lurking at the edges of the periodic table. Why did US Air Force fly planes into mushroom clouds? Who won the transfermium wars? How did an earthquake help give Japan its first element? And what happened when Superman almost spilled nuclear secrets? In a globe-trotting adventure that stretches from the United States to Russia, Sweden to Australia, Superheavy is your guide to the amazing science filling in the missing pieces of the periodic table. You'll not only marvel at how nuclear science has changed our lives – you'll wonder where it's going to take us in the future.

Atkins' Molecules
Atkins' Molecules

Author: Peter William Atkins

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-09-25

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780521535366

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The Periodic Table Book
The Periodic Table Book

Author: DK

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd

Published: 2017-03-30

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0241308674

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The Periodic Table Book is the perfect visual guide to the chemical elements that make up our world. This eye-catching encyclopedia takes children on a visual tour of the 118 chemical elements of the periodic table, from argon to zinc. It explores the naturally occurring elements, as well as the man-made ones, and explains their properties and atomic structures. Using more than 1,000 full-colour photographs, The Periodic Table Book shows the many natural forms of each element, as well as a wide range of both everyday and unexpected objects in which it is found, making each element relevant for the child's world.

The Lost Elements
The Lost Elements

Author: Marco Fontani

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 577

ISBN-13: 0199383340

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The story of the false entries, good-faith errors, retractions, and mistakes that occurred during the formation of the Periodic Table of Elements as we know it.

Mendeleev on the Periodic Law
Mendeleev on the Periodic Law

Author: Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-04-25

Total Pages: 534

ISBN-13: 0486150429

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By the dawn of the nineteenth century, "elements" had been defined as basic building blocks of nature resistant to decomposition by chemical means. In 1869, the Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev organized the discord of the elements into the periodic table, assigning each element to a row, with each row corresponding to an elemental category. The underlying order of matter, hitherto only dimly perceived, was suddenly clearly revealed. This is the first English-language collection of Mendeleev's most important writings on the periodic law. Thirteen papers and essays, divided into three groups, reflect the period corresponding to the initial establishment of the periodic law (three papers: 1869-71), a period of priority disputes and experimental confirmations (five papers: 1871-86), and a final period of general acceptance for the law and increasing international recognition for Mendeleev (five papers: 1887-1905). A single, easily accessible source for Mendeleev's principle papers, this volume offers a history of the development of the periodic law, written by the law's own founder.