Periodic tales : a cultural history of the elements, from arsenic to zinc /: a cultural history of the elements, from arsenic to zinc. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hugh Aldersey-Williams.
• Other Names: Aldersey-Williams, Hugh
• Contents: Power. El Dorado ; Going platinum ; Noble metals, ignobly announced ; The ochreous stain ; The element traders ; Among the Carbonari ; Plutonium charades ; Mendeleev's suitcases ; The liquid mirror -- Fire. The circumnavigation of the Sulphur ; Pee is for phosphorus ; 'As under a green sea' ; 'Humanitarian nonsense' ; Slow fire ; Our Lady of Radium ; Nightglow of Dystopia ; Cocktails at the Pale Horse ; The light of the sun -- Craft. To the Cassiterides ; Dull lead's grey truth ; Our perfect reflection ; The worldwide web ; Au zinc ; Banalization ; 'Turn'd to barnacles' ; The Guild of Aerospace Welders ; The March of the Elements -- Beauty. Chromatic revolution ; 'Lonely-chrome America' ; Abbé Suger's sheet sapphire ; Inheritance powder ; Rainbows in the blood ; Crushing emeralds ; The crimson light of neon ; Jezebel's eyes -- Earth. Swedish rock ; Europium Union ; Auerlight ; Gadolin and Samarsky, everymen of the elements ; Ytterby Gruva.
• Publisher Details: New York : Ecco
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 428 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 546/.8; Inorganic Chemistry; SCIENCE -- General; Chemical elements; Discoveries in science; Periodic law; Chemical elements -- History; Periodic law -- Tables -- History; Periodic law -- History; Chemical elements -- History; Discoveries in science; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780062078810; 9780141919263; 0141919264
• Related ISBNs: 006207881X; 9780061824722; 0061824720
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.