The lost elements : the Periodic Table's shadow side /
Fontani, Marco, 1969-,
The lost elements : the Periodic Table's shadow side / Periodic Table's shadow side Marco Fontani, Mariagrazia Costa, and Mary Virginia Orna. - xxxvii, 531 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Before 1789: early errors and early elements -- 1789-1869: from Lavoisier to Mendeleev: the first errors at the dawn of the concept of the chemical element -- 1869-1913: from the periodic table to Moseley's law: rips and tears in Mendeleev's net -- 1914-1939: from nuclear classification to the first accelerators: chemists' paradise lost... (and physicists' paradise regained) -- 1939-present: beyond uranium, to the stars -- Modern alchemy: the dream to transmute the elements has always been with us.
0199383340 9780199383344
40024181734
2014009191
GBB4A3654 bnb
016876717 Uk
Chemical elements--History.
Chemical elements.
Chemistry--Humor.
Chemistry--Nomenclature--History.
Periodic law--History.
Periodic table of the elements--History.
The lost elements : the Periodic Table's shadow side / Periodic Table's shadow side Marco Fontani, Mariagrazia Costa, and Mary Virginia Orna. - xxxvii, 531 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Before 1789: early errors and early elements -- 1789-1869: from Lavoisier to Mendeleev: the first errors at the dawn of the concept of the chemical element -- 1869-1913: from the periodic table to Moseley's law: rips and tears in Mendeleev's net -- 1914-1939: from nuclear classification to the first accelerators: chemists' paradise lost... (and physicists' paradise regained) -- 1939-present: beyond uranium, to the stars -- Modern alchemy: the dream to transmute the elements has always been with us.
0199383340 9780199383344
40024181734
2014009191
GBB4A3654 bnb
016876717 Uk
Chemical elements--History.
Chemical elements.
Chemistry--Humor.
Chemistry--Nomenclature--History.
Periodic law--History.
Periodic table of the elements--History.