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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
1300L
Language
English
Description
The periodic table of the elements is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of passion, adventure, obsession, and betrayal. These tales follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold, and all the elements in the table as they play out their parts in human history. The usual suspects are here, like Marie Curie (and her radioactive journey to the discovery of polonium and radium) and William Shockley (who is credited, not exactly justly,...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
What is the most common element in the universe? Can you name the noble gases? Everything we see around us is made of chemical elements, but most of us know little about them.Penned by award-winning science writer John Emsley, Nature's Building Blocks explains the what, why and wherefore of the chemical elements. Arranged alphabetically, from Actinium to Zirconium, it is a complete guide to all 115 of those that are currently known, with more extensive...
11) Elements
Series
Discovery Channel school science volume Physical science
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents information and instructions for activities related to chemical elements found on Earth and in outer space.
14) The elements
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Description
Explains the forces of star birth and death that create elements, chronicles the history of their discovery and the impact of their science on every aspect of life, from medicine to technology, architecture to the environment.
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The Elements is a stunning visual history of how the chemical elements were discovered. By piecing together the Periodic Table, science writer Philip Ball explores not only how we came to understand what everything is made of but also how chemistry developed into a modern science. He groups the elements into chronological eras of discovery, covering three millennia from the first known to the last named. As he moves deliberately from classical antiquity...
19) The elements
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Series
Language
English
Description
The elements in the periodic table are the ingredients that make up our world. Explore elements such as carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, and learn why they are essential to our survival. See how precious gold protects astronauts in space, and why the metal mercury can be both a solid and a liquid. Find out about man-made elements, which the smartest chemists are busy figuring out how to use. Learn about scores of other elements, including silver, the...