A tale of seven elements / Eric Scerri.

  • Scerri, Eric R.
Date:
c2013
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About this work

Also known as

Tale of 7 elements

Publication/Creation

Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2013.

Physical description

xxxiii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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Notes

Title on cover: A tale of 7 elements.

Contents

From Dalton to the discovery of the periodic system -- The invasion of the periodical table by physics -- Element 91 : Protactinium -- Element 72 : Hafnium -- Element 75 : Rhenium -- Element 43 : Technetium -- Element 87 : Francium -- Element 85 : Astatine -- Element 61 : Promethium -- From missing elements to synthetic elements.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-244) and indexes.

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    History of Medicine
    AHO.AA9
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ISBN

  • 9780195391312
  • 0195391314