Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements

摘要: The phenomenal "Sunday Times" bestseller "Periodic Tales" by Hugh Andersey-Williams, packed with fascinating stories and unexpected information about the building blocks of our universe. Everything in universe is made them, including you. Like you, elements have personalities, attitudes, talents, shortcomings, rich meaning. Here you'll meet iron that rains from heavens noble gases light way to vice. You'll learn how lead can tell your future while zinc may one day line coffin. discover what connects bones body Whitehouse Washington, glow a streetlamp salt on dinner table. Unlocking their astonishing secrets colourful pasts, voyage wonder discovery, showing are stories, lives inextricable own. "Science writing at its best. A beautiful literary anthology, bringing them life as personalities. If only chemistry had been like this school. compilation delicious tales". (Matt Ridley, "Prospect"). "A love letter chemical elements. Aldersey-Williams full good he knows well". ("Sunday Telegraph"). "Great fun read an endless fund unlikely improbable anecdotes". ("Financial Times"). "The history, science, art, literature everyday applications all aluminium zinc". ("The studied natural sciences Cambridge. He author several books exploring design architecture has curated exhibitions Victoria Albert Museum Wellcome Collection. Norfolk his wife son.