The elements
(2025)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
546.8/ELEMENTS
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PUBLISHED
New York : DK Publishing, 2025
EDITION
First American edition
DESCRIPTION
288 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 27 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9798217126309, 8217126305, 9788217126300, 9798217126309
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
At head of title: DK Smithsonian
Introduction -- Antiquity to alchemy : prehistory to 1700 -- Scientific Revolution : 1700-1799 -- Industrial Revolution : 1800-1859 -- Classifying elements : 1860-1899 -- The table takes shape : 1900-1944 -- Artificial elements : 1944 onward
Traces the discovery and characteristics of all 118 chemical elements, explaining their origins, properties, and uses through engaging visuals, infographics and historical context, while illustrating how the periodic table reveals patterns that define the nature of matter itself
Includes index