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Periodic Tales

The Curious Lives of the Elements

Hugh Aldersey-Williams

Periodic Tales
Periodic Tales

Periodic Tales

The Curious Lives of the Elements

Hugh Aldersey-Williams

Paperback | Engels
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Omschrijving

Everything in universe is made of them, including you. Like you, elements have personalities, attitudes, talents, shortcomings, stories rich with meaning. This book is packed with stories and unexpected information about the building blocks of our universe.

Science writing at its best ... fascinating and beautiful ... if only chemistry had been like this at school ... to meander through the periodic table with him ... is like going round a zoo with Gerald Durrell ... a rich compilation of delicious tales, but it offers greater rewards, too

Immensely engaging and continually makes one sit up in surprise

Splendid ... enjoyable and polished

Full of good stories and he knows how to tell them well ... an agreeable jumble of anecdote, reflection and information

Great fun to read and an endless fund of unlikely and improbable anecdotes ... sharp and often witty

A joyous romp through the chemical elements

Not only a cultural history of the elements, it is also a lament to the loss of science as a hobby

A flashily brainy book, crammed with literary references and held together by a personal quest to collect as many elements as possible

'Elements are fun' is the essential premise of Hugh Aldersey-Williams's new book and by heck he's right ... Aldersey-Williams mourns the fact chemistry isn't really sexy any more; Periodic Tales is a step towards it getting its mojo back

Imaginative and fun ... almost every page yields a nugget

Hugh Aldersey-Williams studied natural sciences at Cambridge. He is the author of several books exploring science, design and architecture - including Periodic Tales, Anatomies and The Adventures of Sir Thomas Browne in the 21st Century - and has curated exhibitions at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Wellcome Collection. He lives in Norfolk with his wife and son.

Specificaties

  • Uitgever
    Penguin Books Ltd
  • Verschenen
    jan. 2024
  • Bladzijden
    464
  • Genre
    Populairwetenschappelijke wetenschap
  • Afmetingen
    198 x 129 x 27 mm
  • Gewicht
    319 gram
  • EAN
    9780141041452
  • Paperback
    Paperback
  • Taal
    Engels

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