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The elements : a very short introduction / Philip Ball.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions ; 104Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.Description: 179 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0192840991
  • 9780192840998
Uniform titles:
  • Ingredients
  • Very short introductions.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 081
LOC classification:
  • R AC 5 V573
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Aristotle's quartet : the elements in antiquity -- 2. Revolution : how oxygen changed the world -- 3. Gold : the glorious and accursed element -- 4. The eightfold path : organizing the elements -- 5. The atom factories : making new elements -- 6. The chemical brothers : why isotopes are useful -- 7. For all practical purposes : technologies of the elements.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Referencia Referencia (1er. Piso) R AC 5 V573 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000098865

"First published as The ingredients, 2002"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 164) and index.

1. Aristotle's quartet : the elements in antiquity -- 2. Revolution : how oxygen changed the world -- 3. Gold : the glorious and accursed element -- 4. The eightfold path : organizing the elements -- 5. The atom factories : making new elements -- 6. The chemical brothers : why isotopes are useful -- 7. For all practical purposes : technologies of the elements.

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