What is a Chemical Element?
Author: Eric R. Scerri
Publisher:
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 019093378X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a comprehensive overview of an important notion to the field of chemistry: the chemical element.
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Molecular Biology of the Cell
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780815332183
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExploring Chemical Elements and Their Compounds
Author: David L. Heiserman
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780071577236
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFinding a book on the chemical elements that is neither an advanced, graduate-level text nor a simplistic overview for children is virtually impossible. Now, with Exploring Chemical Elements and Their Compounds, David L. Heiserman provides the perfect guide for anyone who needs a good solid introduction to all of the 107 chemical elements.
Chemical Elements: A-F
Author: David E. Newton
Publisher: UXL
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn-depth, current and accurate information on 112 known chemical elements. For younger and middle school students, yet appropriate for high school students, too.
Chemical Elements in the Environment
Author: Clemens Reimann
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 419
ISBN-13: 3642720161
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow large is the natural variation in concentration of the various elements in different media? How do the oft-cited "World average concentrations" in different media compare with actual analytical data? How low a detection limit do I need to attain if I want to analyse for an element in soils, sediments, water or plants? All these questions and many more can be answered by using this unique reference book. It collates data on the most important properties and uses of all naturally occurring chemical elements. It combines these with data obtained from actual analyses of different sample media (soil, stream sediment, stream water, ground water, plants, human body fluids). This combination of facts and actual data makes this book suitable for learning and teaching applied geochemistry as well.
The Chemical Element
Author: Javier García-Martínez
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2011-09-19
Total Pages: 311
ISBN-13: 3527635653
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the International Year of Chemistry, prominent scientists highlight the major advances in the fight against the largest problems faced by humanity from the point of view of chemistry, showing how their science is essential to ensuring our long-term survival. Following the UN Millennium Development Goals, the authors examine the ten most critical areas, including energy, climate, food, water and health. All of them are opinion leaders in their fields, or high-ranking decision makers in national and international institutions. Intended to provide an intellectual basis for the future development of chemistry, this book is aimed at a wide readership including students, professionals, engineers, scientists, environmentalists and anyone interested in a more sustainable future.
The Chemical Elements
Author: I. Nechaev
Publisher: Tarquin
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781899618118
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThat all the tens of millions of different substances and materials were made up of only 92 elements is a magical story vividly told. Originally published 50 years ago it is updated and includes the man-made elements of the nuclear age and the latest insights into the periodic table and the nature of matter.
The Elements
Author: Philip Ball
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2021-09-27
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 022677600X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom water, air, and fire to tennessine and oganesson, celebrated science writer Philip Ball leads us through the full sweep of the field of chemistry in this exquisitely illustrated history of the elements. The Elements is a stunning visual journey through the discovery of the chemical building blocks of our universe. By piecing together the history of the periodic table, Ball explores not only how we have come to understand what everything is made of, but also how chemistry developed into a modern science. Ball groups the elements into chronological eras of discovery, covering seven millennia from the first known to the last named. As he moves from prehistory and classical antiquity to the age of atomic bombs and particle accelerators, Ball highlights images and stories from around the world and sheds needed light on those who struggled for their ideas to gain inclusion. By also featuring some elements that aren’t true elements but were long thought to be—from the foundational prote hyle and heavenly aetherof the ancient Greeks to more recent false elements like phlogiston and caloric—The Elements boldly tells the full history of the central science of chemistry.
Nature's Building Blocks
Author: John Emsley
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 556
ISBN-13: 9780198503408
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA readable, informative, fascinating entry on each one of the 100-odd chemical elements, arranged alphabetically from actinium to zirconium. Each entry comprises an explanation of where the element's name comes from, followed by Body element (the role it plays in living things), Element ofhistory (how and when it was discovered), Economic element (what it is used for), Environmental element (where it occurs, how much), Chemical element (facts, figures and narrative), and Element of surprise (an amazing, little-known fact about it). A wonderful 'dipping into' source for the familyreference shelf and for students.
A Tale of Seven Scientists and a New Philosophy of Science
Author: Eric Scerri
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016-10-10
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 0190233001
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn his latest book, Eric Scerri presents a completely original account of the nature of scientific progress. It consists of a holistic and unified approach in which science is seen as a living and evolving single organism. Instead of scientific revolutions featuring exceptionally gifted individuals, Scerri argues that the "little people" contribute as much as the "heroes" of science. To do this he examines seven case studies of virtually unknown chemists and physicists in the early 20th century quest to discover the structure of the atom. They include the amateur scientist Anton van den Broek who pioneered the notion of atomic number as well as Edmund Stoner a then physics graduate student who provided the seed for Pauli's Exclusion Principle. Another case is the physicist John Nicholson who is virtually unknown and yet was the first to propose the notion of quantization of angular momentum that was soon put to good use by Niels Bohr. Instead of focusing on the logic and rationality of science, Scerri elevates the role of trial and error and multiple discovery and moves beyond the notion of scientific developments being right or wrong. While criticizing Thomas Kuhn's notion of scientific revolutions he agrees with Kuhn that science is not drawn towards an external truth but is rather driven from within. The book will enliven the long-standing debate on the nature of science, which has increasingly shied away from the big question of "what is science?"
