TY  - BOOK
AU  - Atkinson, Victoria, 
AU  - Mileham, Rebecca, 
AU  - Board, Paul,
TI  - The periodic table : : from alchemy to the nuclear age
SN  - 9780241686508
AV  - QD467 .P47 2025
PY  - 2025///
CY  - London : 
PB  - Dorling Kindersley Limited
KW  - Chemical elements
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Periodic table of the elements
N1  - Includes index; Introduction -- Antiquity to alchemy: prehistory to 1700 -- Scientific revolution: 1700-1799 -- Industrial revolution: 1800-1859 -- Classifying elements: 1860-1899 -- The table takes shape: 1900-1944 -- Artificial elements: 1944 onwards
N2  - Everything that has ever existed in the Universe is made of just 118 types of atoms. Some of the chemical elements built from these atoms have been known since prehistory. Others are more elusive and have only recently been obtained in pure form or can only be found flickering in and out of existence in laboratories. This book tells the story of how they were all discovered and reveals how they are all different, where we find them, and how we use them. If you want to unlock the secrets of matter itself, open the Periodic Table.
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