Jack Challoner The Elements (Paperback) Compact GuideAnother great item from Rarewaves USA | Free delivery!
$ 8.03
Description
Jack Challoner The Elements (Paperback) Compact Guide. Author: Jack Challoner. What links the Taj Mahal and our skeleton?. The Eiffel Tower and our blood?. Series: Compact Guide. Format: Paperback. Release Date: 08/08/2019. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB. Further DetailsTitle: The Elements Condition: New EAN: 9780233005935 Format: Paperback Author: Jack Challoner ISBN-10: 0233005935 ISBN: 9780233005935 Publisher: Welbeck Release Date: 08/08/2019 Language: English Description: The Compact Guide: The Elements is authoritative and accessible, with a sense of wonder about the way in which the material world works, thanks to the protons, neutrons and electrons that make up the atoms of the elements. Everything in the known Universe is made up of one of the 118 elements of the periodic table, and this is your definitive guide. Every element is featured, their vital statistics given, their main compounds and uses explored, and their fascinating histories told. Forged in the Big Bang, the elements and their resulting compounds created our Solar System, the planet we live on, the air we breathe, the water we rely on, and the proteins that would become life. What links the Taj Mahal and our skeleton? Calcium. The Eiffel Tower and our blood? Iron. The salt on our chips and the street lamps that guide us home? Sodium. The elements make up everything, and this book is the perfect guide to every one of them. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Genre: Science Nature & Math Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 129mm Series: Compact Guide Release Year: 2019 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
