From Arsenic to Zirconium

Poems and Surprising Facts about the Elements

Peter Davern (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

296 Seiten

2020
No Starch Press,US (Verlag)
978-1-7185-0027-3 (ISBN)

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An entertaining and informative collection to teach the lay reader about the elements of the periodic table.

The Periodic Table of Poems is a unique collection of 93 short poems that explores the properties and nuances of each element in the periodic table. Davern discusses the science, history, and quirks of each element - things like why potassium reacts explosively with water, what about arsenic makes it both a deadly poison and a cure for syphilis, and how mercury inspired the term 'mad as a hatter'.

Dr. Peter Davern is a lecturer in the Department of Chemical Sciences at the University of Limerick, Ireland. He has been fascinated by the periodic table- its form, layout, the repeating patterns of chemical properties among groups of elements. Davern has spent the last 5 years researching interesting and useful properties about the elements and then transforming them into a collection of short, easy-to-remember poems.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.05.2020
Verlagsort	San Francisco
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-7185-0027-0 / 1718500270
ISBN-13	978-1-7185-0027-3 / 9781718500273
Zustand	Neuware