UID:
almafu_9959236560702883
Format:
1 online resource (193 pages)
ISBN:
0-19-177629-7
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1-280-75320-X
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0-19-151801-8
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1-4294-5984-0
Series Statement:
Very short introductions ; 104
Uniform Title:
Ingredients
Content:
This Very Short Introduction traces the history and cultural impact of the elements on humankind, and examines why people have long sought to identify the substances around them. The book covers from the Greek philosophers who propounded a system with four elements - earth, air, fire, and water - to the scientists who are able to create their own.
Note:
"First published as The ingredients, 2002"--T.p. verso.
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Aristotle's quartet : the elements in antiquity --
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Revolution : how oxygen changed the world --
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Gold : the glorious and accursed element --
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eightfold path : organizing the elements --
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atom factories : making new elements --
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chemical brothers : why isotopes are useful --
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For all practical purposes : technologies of the elements.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-284099-1
Language:
English
