Exploring the elements a complete guide to the periodic table
"A comprehensive introduction explaining what elements are and the design and purpose of the periodic table. Each of the 118 elements is visually presented with its respective letter symbol and atomic number, as well as a map of where it's located in the periodic table. Additional details...
| Main Author: | Thomas, Isabel, 1979- (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Gillingham, Sara (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Phaidon Press, Inc.,
2020.
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| Edition: | [US edition]. |
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| Summary: |
"A comprehensive introduction explaining what elements are and the design and purpose of the periodic table. Each of the 118 elements is visually presented with its respective letter symbol and atomic number, as well as a map of where it's located in the periodic table. Additional details showing where each element is found in the universe (from food on our plates to the center of a star), its unique properties, atomic diagram, secret chemistry, and working examples of how it's used or changing the world." -- Publisher. "A ...comprehensive introduction to the chemical elements that make up our universe for ages 8-14"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes index. |
| Physical Description: |
223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781838662318 1838662316 |
| Author Notes: |
Award-winning art director and designer Sara Gillingham created Alpha Bravo Charlie, Boats Are Busy, Seeing Starsand Animals in the Skywith Phaidon. She lives in British Columbia. Science writer and children's author Isabel Thomas is a winner of the AAAS/Subaru Children's Book Prize and has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, the ASE Science Book of the Year, and the Blue Peter Book Awards. |