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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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| 100 | 1 | . | ‡aKean, Sam, ‡eauthor. |
| 245 | 1 | 4. | ‡aThe disappearing spoon : ‡band other true tales of rivalry, adventure, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements / ‡cSam Kean ; adapted for young readers by Adrian Dingle and Kelsey Kennedy. |
| 250 | . | ‡aYoung readers edition. | |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York : ‡bLittle, Brown and Company, ‡c2018. | |
| 264 | 4. | ‡c©2018 | |
| 300 | . | ‡a229 pages : ‡billustrations ; ‡c22 cm | |
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| 337 | . | ‡aunmediated ‡2rdamedia | |
| 338 | . | ‡avolume ‡2rdacarrier | |
| 521 | 1 | . | ‡aAges 10+ |
| 520 | . | ‡a"A young readers adaptation of the bestselling book The Disappearing Spoon, chronicling the extraordinary human history of the periodic table."-- ‡cProvided by publisher. | |
| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | |
| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡tIntroduction: The disappearing spoon -- ‡tMaking the table: column by column, row by row. ‡tGeography of the elements ; ‡tThe fathers of the periodic table ; ‡tAll in the family: the genealogy of elements -- ‡tMaking atoms, breaking atoms. ‡tWhere atoms come from: "We are all star stuff" ; ‡tElements in times of war ; ‡tCompleting the table... with a bang ; ‡tCompetitive elements: extending the table, expanding the Cold War -- ‡tMistakes and rivalries. ‡tBad chemistry ; ‡tPoisoner's corridor: "Ouch-ouch" ; ‡tTake two elements, call me in the morning ; ‡tHow elements deceive -- ‡tThe elements of human character. ‡tPolitical elements ; ‡tElements as money ; ‡tArtistic elements ; ‡tAn element of madness -- ‡tElement science today and tomorrow. ‡tChemistry way, way below zero ; ‡tThe science of bubbles ; ‡tTools of ridiculous precision ; ‡tAbove (and beyond) the periodic table. |
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| 650 | 7. | ‡aJUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical. ‡2bisacsh | |
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| 655 | 7. | ‡aYoung adult nonfiction. ‡2local | |
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| 655 | 4. | ‡aNonfiction. | |
| 700 | 1 | . | ‡aDingle, Adrian, ‡eadapter. |
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