Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc

By Hugh Aldersey-Williams

Book Overview

In the spirit of A Short History of Nearly Everything comes Periodic Tales . Award-winning science writer Hugh Andersey-Williams offers readers a captivating look at the elements--and the amazing, little-known stories behind their discoveries. Periodic Tales is an energetic and wide-ranging book of innovations and innovators, of superstition and science and the myriad ways the chemical elements are woven into our culture, history, and language. It will delight readers of Genome, Einstein's Dreams , Longitude , and The Age of Wonder .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061824739
• ISBN13: 9780061824739
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Great reading for kids and adults

The detailed write up of why and how the name came up was really interesting for us. The periodic elements are making an interesting read