THE PHENOMENAL SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Science writing at its
best. If only chemistry had been like this at school' Matt Ridley
____________________ Everything in the universe is made of them,
including you. Like you, the elements have personalities,
attitudes, talents, shortcomings, stories rich with meaning. Here
you'll meet iron that rains from the heavens and noble gases that
light the way to vice. You'll learn how lead can tell your future
while zinc may one day line your coffin. You'll discover what
connects the bones in your body with the Whitehouse in Washington,
the glow of a streetlamp with the salt on your dinner table.
Unlocking their astonishing secrets and colourful pasts, Periodic
Tales is a voyage of wonder and discovery, showing that their
stories are inextricable from the stories of our own lives.
____________________ 'A love letter to the chemical elements.
Aldersey-Williams is full of good stories and he knows how to tell
them well' Sunday Telegraph 'The history, science, art, literature
and everyday applications of all the elements from aluminium to
zinc' The Times 'Great fun to read and an endless fund of unlikely
and improbable anecdotes' Financial Times
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