| Description |
1 online resource (xxxvii, 531 pages) : illustrations |
| Summary |
Throughout its formation, the periodic table has seen false entries, good-faith errors, retractions, and dead ends; in fact, there have been more elemental 'discoveries' that have proven false than there are current elements on the table. This book collects the most notable of these instances, stretching from the nineteenth century to the present. The book tells the story of how scientists have come to understand elements, by discussing the failed theories and false discoveries that shaped the path of scientific progress |
| Notes |
Previously issued in print: 2015 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Chemical elements.
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Chemical elements -- History
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Periodic law -- History
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Chemistry -- Nomenclature -- History
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Chemistry -- Humor
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Elements
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elements (chemical substances)
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Chemical elements
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Chemistry
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Chemistry -- Nomenclature
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Periodic law
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Humor
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Costa, Mariagrazia, author
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Orna, Mary Virginia, author
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| ISBN |
9780197562963 (ebook) |
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0197562965 (ebook) |
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