The elements
Subtitle: an illustrated history of the periodic table
By: Tom Jackson
Series: Ponderables; Ponderables (Series)
Publisher: Shelter Harbor Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780985323035
Subjects: Chemical elements; Periodic table of the elements; History
Description: Knowledge does not arrive fully formed, it requires many minds to puzzle over the evidence. Jackson tracks the history of the periodic table, a powerful yet elegant tool that lays bare the building blocks of the universe. The 12-page foldout timeline sets the saga of the periodic table against the backdrop of world history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 140) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Prehistory to the first century AD (40,000 - 0); title: The Dark Ages to the Middle Ages (0 - 1600); title: The Enlightenment (1600 - 1800); title: The 19th century: the great age of science (1800 - 1900); title: The modern era (1900 - present); title: 101 chemistry: the basics; title: The periodic table; title: Imponderables; title: The great chemists.