Nature's Building Blocks

An A-Z Guide to the Elements
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-850340-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 560 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

A readable, informative, fascinating entry on each one of the 100-odd chemical elements, arranged alphabetically from actinium to zirconium. Each entry comprises an explanation of where the element's name comes from, followed by Body element (the role it plays in living things), Element of history (how and when it was discovered), Economic element (what it is used for), Environmental element (where it occurs, how much), Chemical element (facts, figures and narrative), and Element of surprise (an amazing, little-known fact about it). A wonderful 'dipping into' source for the family reference shelf and for students.

PREVIOUS EDITION: Hardback published in August 2001: 0198503415

Zielgruppe

General readers with an interest in popular science, professional scientists, chemistry students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Emsley, John

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The elements (A-Z)
The periodic table
Appendix: the discovery of the elements in chronological order
Bibliography
Lists of elements and atomic numbers

Über Autor(innen)

Emsley, John
JOHN EMSLEY, Science Writer in Residence, Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge

John Emsley, Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge

John Emsley won the Science Book prize in 1995 for his Consumer's Good Chemical Guide, and followed this with a series of popular science books: Molecules at an Exhibition, Was it Something You Ate? (co-authored with P. Fell), and The Shocking History of Phosphorus, all of which have been translated into many other languages. After 20 years as a researcher and lecturer in chemistry at London University, he became a freelance writer, as well as Science Writer in Residence, first at Imperial College London and then at Cambridge University. In 2003 he was awarded the German Chemical Society's Writer's Award.