The Story of Elements

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Publish Date: 1999-08-01
Features: This book tells the story of the discovery of chemical elements. Through vivid anecdotes, the author narrates the major discoveries and developments of chemical elements from the mid-18th century to recent times. It includes stories of British chemist Davy's discovery of elements sodium and potassium, German chemists Bunsen and Kirchhoff's discovery of elements cesium and rubidium, and Marie Curie and Pierre Curie's discovery of elements polonium and radium. The book also introduces Dmitri Mendeleev's periodic table of chemical elements.