The chemical element
Subtitle: a historical perspective
By: Andrew Ede
Series: Greenwood guides to great ideas in science; Greenwood guides to great ideas in science
Publisher: Greenwood Press; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780313038648
Subjects: Chemical elements; History; Matter; Constitution
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-173) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006. Available via the World Wide Web. Access is limited to subscribers of ebooks.greenwood.com.
Table of contents: title: Ancient matter theory; title: Greek matter theory from Thales to Aristotle; title: Matter theory in the China, Middle East, and India; title: Alchemy and the concept of elements; title: Corpuscles and atoms; title: Bringing order to chaos; title: Making elements elemental; title: Seeking order : the periodic table; title: The atomic elements; title: The elements beyond 92.