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30-second elements : the 50 most significant elements, each explained in half a minute

2013
Book
30 second elements presents you with the foundations of chemical knowledge, distilling the 50 most significant chemical elements into half-a-minute individual entries, using nothing more than two pages, 300 words and one picture. Divided into seven chapters, it includes the atomic details of the other 68 elements and the realtionships of all 118, as well as biographies of the chemists who transformed scientific knowledge and unlocked the mysteries of life itself.
Main title:
30-second elements : the 50 most significant elements, each explained in half a minute / editor, Eric Scerri ; contributors, Hugh Aldersey-Williams [and eight others].
Imprint:
London : Icon Books, 2013, c2013.London : Icon Books, 2013.©2013.
Collation:
160 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781848315945
Dewey class:
546
Language:
English
BRN:
11442
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