Rex Reason (Format) - Softcover

Patterson, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1870699130 ISBN 13: 9781870699136

Publisher: Book Works, 2004

Synopsis

Who thought there was humor and creativity hidden in the Periodic Table of the Elements? Artist Simon Patterson has found it in this endlessly intriguing little book with a black cover, in which he color-codes the symbols for the periodic table and then replaces the name of the element with a well-known person whose initials or spelling somehow match. For example, Br (Bromine) becomes Bertold Brecht, Hf (Hafnium) is Henry Fonda and Tb (Terbium) morphs into Theda Bara but what do these celebrities have to do with their elements? Patterson fills his book with red herrings, mysteries and riddles that test the reader's knowledge and expose the inherent human desire to establish order and meaning out of the least likely material.

Edition details

• Publisher: Book Works
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1870699130
• ISBN 13: 9781870699136
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 107