The Periodic Kingdom

Author: Peter Atkins
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1780227701
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 145

Book Description
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

Author: P. W. Atkins
Publisher:
ISBN: 0465072666
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
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

Author: Matt Tweed
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802714080
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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

The Periodic Table

Author: Eric R. Scerri
Publisher:
ISBN: 0198842325
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 185

Book Description
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

A Tale of Seven Elements

Author: Eric Scerri
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0195391314
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
In A Tale of Seven Elements, Eric Scerri presents the fascinating history of those seven elements discovered to be mysteriously "missing" from the periodic table in 1913.

Elementary

Author: James M. Russell
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 1789291038
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 168

Book Description
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.

Atkins' Molecules

Author: Peter William Atkins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521535366
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Table of contents

The Lost Elements

Author: Marco Fontani
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199383340
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 577

Book Description
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

Author: Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486150429
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 534

Book Description
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.

The Periodic Table Book

Author: DK
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN: 0241308674
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
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.