Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc -- Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Paperback

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Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc -- Hugh Aldersey-Williams, PaperbackIn 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. "If only chemistry had been like this at school a rich compilation of delicious tales." Matt Ridley, Prospect Magazine Like the alphabet, the calendar, or the zodiac, the periodic table of the chemical elements

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