Elemental : how the periodic table can now explain (nearly) everything
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New York : Abrams Press, [2019].
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viii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction | 546.8 JAMES 2019 | Checked Out | May 6, 2024 |
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New York : Abrams Press, [2019].
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index.
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If you want to understand how our world works, the periodic table holds the answers. When the seventh row of the periodic table of elements was completed in June 2016 with the addition of four final elementsnihonium, moscovium, tennessine, and oganessonwe at last could identify all the ingredients necessary to construct our world.In Elemental, chemist and science educator Tim James provides an informative, entertaining, and quirkily illustrated guide to the table that shows clearly how this abstract and seemingly jumbled graphic is relevant to our day-to-day lives.James tells the story of the periodic table from its ancient Greek roots, when you could count the number of elements humans were aware of on one hand, to the modern alchemists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries who have used nuclear chemistry and physics to generate new elements and complete the periodic table. In addition to this, he answers questions such as: What is the chemical symbol for a human? What would happen if all of the elements were mixed together? Which liquid can teleport through walls? Why is the medieval dream of transmuting lead into gold now a reality?Whether you're studying the periodic table for the first time or are simply interested in the fundamental building blocks of the universefrom the core of the sun to the networks in your brainElemental is the perfect guide.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
James, T. (2019). Elemental: how the periodic table can now explain (nearly) everything . Abrams Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)James, Tim. 2019. Elemental: How the Periodic Table Can Now Explain (nearly) Everything. Abrams Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)James, Tim. Elemental: How the Periodic Table Can Now Explain (nearly) Everything Abrams Press, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)James, Tim. Elemental: How the Periodic Table Can Now Explain (nearly) Everything Abrams Press, 2019.
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