The Elements /
Challoner, Jack
The Elements / Jack Challoner. - London : Andre Deutsch, 2019. - xxvi, 182 pages: illustrations 20 cm - The Compact guide .
Elements - A history -- Hydrogen -- The Alkali metals -- The Alkaline Earth metals -- Interlude: The D-Block and the transition metals -- Interlude: The F-Block - The Lanthanoids and the Actinoids -- The Lanthanoids -- The Boron Group -- The Carbon Group -- The Nitrogen Group -- The Oxygen Group -- The Halogens -- The Noble Gases -- The Transuranium Elements
Everything in the known Universe is made up of one of the 118 elements of the periodic table, and this is your definitive guide. Every element is featured, their vital statistics given, their main compounds and uses explored, and their fascinating histories told. Forged in the Big Bang, the elements and their resulting compounds created our Solar System, the planet we live on, the air we breathe, the water we rely on, and the proteins that would become life. What links the Taj Mahal and our skeleton? Calcium. The Eiffel Tower and our blood? Iron. The salt on our chips and the street lamps that guide us home? Sodium. The elements make up everything, and this book is the perfect guide to every one of them.
in English
9780233005935
Chemical elements--Popular works
Chemical elements
546 C3529 2019
The Elements / Jack Challoner. - London : Andre Deutsch, 2019. - xxvi, 182 pages: illustrations 20 cm - The Compact guide .
Elements - A history -- Hydrogen -- The Alkali metals -- The Alkaline Earth metals -- Interlude: The D-Block and the transition metals -- Interlude: The F-Block - The Lanthanoids and the Actinoids -- The Lanthanoids -- The Boron Group -- The Carbon Group -- The Nitrogen Group -- The Oxygen Group -- The Halogens -- The Noble Gases -- The Transuranium Elements
Everything in the known Universe is made up of one of the 118 elements of the periodic table, and this is your definitive guide. Every element is featured, their vital statistics given, their main compounds and uses explored, and their fascinating histories told. Forged in the Big Bang, the elements and their resulting compounds created our Solar System, the planet we live on, the air we breathe, the water we rely on, and the proteins that would become life. What links the Taj Mahal and our skeleton? Calcium. The Eiffel Tower and our blood? Iron. The salt on our chips and the street lamps that guide us home? Sodium. The elements make up everything, and this book is the perfect guide to every one of them.
in English
9780233005935
Chemical elements--Popular works
Chemical elements
546 C3529 2019