The disappearing spoon : and other true tales of rivalry, adventure, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316388252 (ebook)
- ISBN: 0316388246
- ISBN: 9780316388245
- ISBN: 0316388289
- ISBN: 9780316388283
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Physical Description:
229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
print - Edition: Young readers edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: The disappearing spoon -- Making the table: column by column, row by row. Geography of the elements ; The fathers of the periodic table ; All in the family: the genealogy of elements -- Making atoms, breaking atoms. Where atoms come from: "We are all star stuff" ; Elements in times of war ; Completing the table... with a bang ; Competitive elements: extending the table, expanding the Cold War -- Mistakes and rivalries. Bad chemistry ; Poisoner's corridor: "Ouch-ouch" ; Take two elements, call me in the morning ; How elements deceive -- The elements of human character. Political elements ; Elements as money ; Artistic elements ; An element of madness -- Element science today and tomorrow. Chemistry way, way below zero ; The science of bubbles ; Tools of ridiculous precision ; Above (and beyond) the periodic table. |
Target Audience Note: | Ages 10+ |
Awards Note: | A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.) |
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Genre: | Nonfiction. Miscellanea. Juvenile works. Trivia and miscellanea. Young adult nonfiction. Trivia and miscellanea. |
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