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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
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- Summary
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"A young readers adaptation of the bestselling book The Disappearing Spoon, chronicling the extraordinary human history of the periodic table."--
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- Creator
- Sam Kean ; adapted for young readers by Adrian Dingle and Kelsey Kennedy
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Young readers edition
- New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018
- ©2018
- Physical Details
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- 229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780316388283, 0316388289, 9780316388245, 0316388246, 9780316388252
- OCLC
- on1008762929
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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
Subjects
- Chemical elements -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
- Periodic table of the elements -- Juvenile literature.
- Science -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
- Chemical elements.
Children's Subject Heading
- Periodic table of the elements.
Children's Subject Heading
- Science.
Children's Subject Heading