The Chemical Element: A Historical Perspective

by Andrew Ede

Book Overview

One of the most familiar features of any high-school chemistry lab is the Periodic Table of Elements. Elegant, informative, useful to any student in the lab - the Periodic Table neatly summarizes our scientific knowledge of the chemical elements from hydrogen to uranium and beyond - atomic number, atomic weight, isotopes, and more. But how did scientists discover all of these features of the elements? How did the Periodic Table come to be? And,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313333041
• ISBN13: 9780313333040
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 10.4"