The elements: a very short introduction
"This Very Short Introduction traces the history and cultural impact of the elements on humankind, and examines why people have long sought to identify the substances around them. Looking beyond the Periodic Table, the author examines our relationship with matter, from the uncomplicated vision...
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Oxford [u.a.]
Oxford Univ. Press
2004
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| Summary: | "This Very Short Introduction traces the history and cultural impact of the elements on humankind, and examines why people have long sought to identify the substances around them. Looking beyond the Periodic Table, the author examines our relationship with matter, from the uncomplicated vision of the Greek philosophers, who believed there were four elements - earth, air, fire, and water - to the work of modern-day scientists in creating elements such as hassium and meitnerium. Packed with anecdotes, The Elements is a highly engaging and entertaining exploration of the fundamental question: what is the world made from?"--BOOK JACKET. |
| Physical Description: | 179 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0192840991 9780192840998 |
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| adam_text | Contents
List of figures x
і
Aristotle s quartet: The elements in antiquity
1
Ł
Revolution: How oxygen changed the world
21
3
Gold: The glorious and accursed element
40
4
The eightfold path: Organizing the elements
65
Э
The atom factories: Making new elements
91
D
The chemical brothers: Why isotopes are useful
118
I For all practical purposes: Technologies of the
elements
139
Notes
159
Further reading
164
Index
165
üst
of
figures
1.
The four elements
of Empedocles
8
©
Philip Ball
2.
Antoine
Laurent
Lavoisier
23
Metropolitan Museum of
Art, New York
Photo
©
Bettman/Corbis
3.
Gold prospecting in
the sixteenth century
47
From
Georgius
Agricola,
De re metallica,
1556
4.
The
Golden
Fleece
50
From Georgius
Agricola,
De re metallica,
1556
5.
John
Dalton s atoms
68
Science Photo Library
6.
Iconic
solar
System
atoms
77
© Matthew L.
Aron,
University
of Chicago/International Atomic
Energy Authority
7.
Mendeleyev s Periodic
Table
83
8.
The modern Periodic
Table
84
©
Philip Ball
9-
William Crookes s
spiral Periodic Table
86
From On the Position of
Helium, Argon, and Krypton
in the Scheme of the
Elements , Proceedings of the
Royal Society,
63 (1898), 408-11
10.
Ernest Rutherford
94
©
Bettman/Corbis
11.
The fusion of
hydrogen atoms
107
©
Philip Ball
12.
Particle accelerator
used for making
new elements
113
©
A. Zschau, GSI
13.
The island of stability
of element
114 116
©
Philip Ball
14.
The Shroud of Turin
125
©
Bettman/Corbis
15.
Isotope records of
climate change
©
Philip Ball
132
16.
The human body
imaged with
radioactive
Tc
136
©
Robert
Licho,
University of
Massachusetts
Medical Hospital
17·
Transistors old
and new
145
©
17a: Bell Laboratories Archive;
17b:
Astrid
and Hans
Frieder
Michler/Science Photo Library
18.
Catalytic converters
148
Photo: Johnson Matthey
The publisher and the author apologize for any errors or omissions
in the above list. If contacted they will be pleased to rectify these at
the earliest opportunity.
|
| adam_txt |
Contents
List of figures x
і
Aristotle's quartet: The elements in antiquity
1
Ł
Revolution: How oxygen changed the world
21
3
Gold: The glorious and accursed element
40
4
The eightfold path: Organizing the elements
65
Э
The atom factories: Making new elements
91
D
The chemical brothers: Why isotopes are useful
118
I For all practical purposes: Technologies of the
elements
139
Notes
159
Further reading
164
Index
165
üst
of
figures
1.
The four elements
of Empedocles
8
©
Philip Ball
2.
Antoine
Laurent
Lavoisier
23
Metropolitan Museum of
Art, New York
Photo
©
Bettman/Corbis
3.
Gold prospecting in
the sixteenth century
47
From
Georgius
Agricola,
De re metallica,
1556
4.
The
Golden
Fleece
50
From Georgius
Agricola,
De re metallica,
1556
5.
John
Dalton's atoms
68
Science Photo Library
6.
Iconic
'solar
System'
atoms
77
© Matthew L.
Aron,
University
of Chicago/International Atomic
Energy Authority
7.
Mendeleyev's Periodic
Table
83
8.
The modern Periodic
Table
84
©
Philip Ball
9-
William Crookes's
spiral Periodic Table
86
From 'On the Position of
Helium, Argon, and Krypton
in the Scheme of the
Elements', Proceedings of the
Royal Society,
63 (1898), 408-11
10.
Ernest Rutherford
94
©
Bettman/Corbis
11.
The fusion of
hydrogen atoms
107
©
Philip Ball
12.
Particle accelerator
used for making
new elements
113
©
A. Zschau, GSI
13.
The 'island of stability'
of element
114 116
©
Philip Ball
14.
The Shroud of Turin
125
©
Bettman/Corbis
15.
Isotope records of
climate change
©
Philip Ball
132
16.
The human body
imaged with
radioactive
"Tc
136
©
Robert
Licho,
University of
Massachusetts
Medical Hospital
17·
Transistors old
and new
145
©
17a: Bell Laboratories Archive;
17b:
Astrid
and Hans
Frieder
Michler/Science Photo Library
18.
Catalytic converters
148
Photo: Johnson Matthey
The publisher and the author apologize for any errors or omissions
in the above list. If contacted they will be pleased to rectify these at
the earliest opportunity. |
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