The elements : a very short introduction /
by Ball, Philip.
Material type:
BookSeries: Very short introductions ; 104. Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004Description: 179 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0192840991.Uniform titles: Ingredients.Subject(s): Chemical elementsOnline resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description | Contributor biographical information
Contents:
Aristotle's quartet : the elements in antiquity -- Revolution : how oxygen changed the world -- Gold : the glorious and accursed element -- eightfold path : organizing the elements -- atom factories : making new elements -- chemical brothers : why isotopes are useful -- For all practical purposes : technologies of the elements.
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Dhaka University Library Dr. Aftab Ahmed Collection | Non Fiction | 546 BAE (Browse shelf) | Not For Loan | 426536 |
"First published as The ingredients, 2002"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 164) and index.
1. Aristotle's quartet : the elements in antiquity -- 2. Revolution : how oxygen changed the world -- 3. Gold : the glorious and accursed element -- 4. The eightfold path : organizing the elements -- 5. The atom factories : making new elements -- 6. The chemical brothers : why isotopes are useful -- 7. For all practical purposes : technologies of the elements.
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