The disappearing spoon : and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements

Titre
The disappearing spoon : and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements

Sam. Kean

Sommaire
Examines the stories behind the creation of the periodic table, focusing on the history of gold, carbon, silicon, and neon.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2011
 
2010

Description matérielle
xii, 391 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Edition
1st Back Bay pbk. ed.

Terme de vedette-matière
Chemical elements -- Miscellanea.

Résumé
Examines the stories behind the creation of the periodic table, focusing on the history of gold, carbon, silicon, and neon.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780316051637
 
9780329854218
 
9780316051644

Informations de publication
New York : Back Bay Books/Little, Brown, 2011.


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
Kate Chegwin546 KEABook30574000606275Non-Fiction