Ball, Philip,  1962- <br/><br/>
The elements :  a very short introduction / 
Philip Ball. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  2004. 
 - 179 p. :  ill. ;  21 cm. 
 - Very short introductions ;  104 .
<br/><br/> "First published as The ingredients, 2002"--T.p. verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 164) and index. 
<br/><br/> Aristotle's quartet : the elements in antiquity --  Revolution : how oxygen changed the world --  Gold : the glorious and accursed element --  eightfold path : organizing the elements --  atom factories : making new elements --  chemical brothers : why isotopes are useful --  For all practical purposes : technologies of the elements.  1.  2.  3.  4. The  5. The  6. The  7. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0192840991 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004304142 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Chemical elements.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QD466  / .B25 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>546  / BAI 2004