Title: The Mystery of the Periodic Table
Description: This book describes how curious people discovered the elements that are today known collectively as the periodic table. Various chapters describe the methodical science, accidents, and coincidences that led people to acknowledge a variety of invisible, nearly undetectable substances that make up our universe. Appropriate for Middle School and older readers.
Subjects: History of Chemistry, Periodic Table, How-it-was-made, Science history, Juvenile Non-Fiction, Living History Library, Chemistry, Children's historical non-fiction, History of science & technology, Inorganic chemistry, Science & Technology, Juvenile Fiction, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction, Science, Children: Grades 4-6, Periodic law, Juvenile literature, Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories, Chemical elements, History, Tables
People: Von Helmont, Boyle, Stahl, Priestly, Cavendish, Lavoisier