The Intriguing Story of the Elements: The New Guide to the Building Blocks of Our Universe - Hardcover

Jack Challoner

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9781435160927: The Intriguing Story of the Elements: The New Guide to the Building Blocks of Our Universe

Synopsis

NEW - COLLECTIBLE Hardcover BRAND NEW COPY. DJ/None as Issued. Elments of calcium, iron and sodium are shared by the Taj Mahal & our skeleton, the Eiffel Tower & our blood, and street lamps & the salt on our foods. The elements were forged in the Big Bang and in supernovas, these elements along with resulting compounds went on to create our Solar System, our planet Earth, the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the proteins that would become life. 160 pgs, w/color photos. Volume reviews all the 118 known elements --- along with their vital statistics, important compounds, and histories of their discovery --- these basic building blocks of us and all around us.

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