Im Reich Der Elemente: Ein Reiseführer Zu Den Bausteinen Der Natur (Paperback)

from NielsenGW

I've yet to read a book on science that was one giant metaphor. Normally, authors want to just educate the reader on a concept, flesh it out with rich histories and context, and then move on to the next thing. P.W. Atkins's The Periodic Kingdom is a completely different beast altogether. He imagi...

from neurodrew

I bought this book because I became interested again in chemical elements, and I had been searching for a non-technical book on elements. It was lightweight, although I recognized the author of a quantum mechanics book that I used in college and still have on my shelf, mostly to impress the unwar...

from bedda

The book is written in a travel guide format which led me to believe that the point was to make the information accessible to everyone and more enjoyable to read than a text book. I think it only partly succeeded. It does give you some good general ideas about how the periodic table came about an...

from themulhern

A pleasant, brightly written book, using the analogy of a kingdom with various regions for the periodic table. The analogy is a bit strained, but I can still see the lakes of mercury and bromine in my mind's eye. The chapter titles support the analogy, "The History of Discovery", "The Cartographe...