The elements : a visual history of their discovery

Author(s)

• Ball, Philip

Bibliographic Information

The elements : a visual history of their discovery

Philip Ball

University of Chicago Press, 2021

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Summary: "The Elements is a stunning visual history of how the chemical elements were discovered. By piecing together the Periodic Table, science writer Philip Ball explores not only how we came to understand what everything is made of but also how chemistry developed into a modern science. He groups the elements into chronological eras of discovery, covering three millennia from the first known to the last named. As he moves deliberately from classical antiquity to the age of atomic bombs and particle accelerators, Ball highlights images and stories from around the world and sheds needed light on those who struggled for their ideas to gain inclusion. By featuring some elements that aren't true elements but were thought to be, such as phlogiston and caloric, Elements makes bold choices in order to tell the full history of this important science. To order the book's sequence into eras of element discovery, separate short sections for each element or groups of related elements are gathered into larger parts. Sh

Contents of Works

• The classical elements
• The antique metals
• Alchemical elements
• The new metals
• Chemistry golden age
• Electrical discoveries
• The radiant age
• The nuclear age

• NCID: BC05548592
• ISBN:
  • 9780226775951
• LCCN: 2021005240
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chicago
• Pages/Volumes: pages
• Size: cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QD466
  • DC23 : 546.09
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Chemical elements -- History