The Ingredients: A Guided Tour of the Elements

by Philip Ball

Book Overview

In The Ingredients , Philip Ball blends history and science as he offers an illuminating look at our centuries-long struggle to understand the nature of the physical world. It's been a long journey from the ancient belief in four elements--earth, water, fire, air--to the hundred plus elements that occupy the modern periodic table, and Ball makes a perfect tour guide, highlighting the many points of interest on the way. He introduces us to key scientists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192841009
• ISBN13: 9780192841001
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.8" x 5.3"