Nature's Building Blocks
An A-Z Guide to the Elements
John Emsley's Nature's Building Bocks was published in paperback in 2003. In this readable, informative, and fascinating guide
to the elements are entries on each of the 100-odd chemical elements, arranged alphabetically from actinium to zirconium. Les mer
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John Emsley's Nature's Building Bocks was published in paperback in 2003. In this readable, informative, and fascinating guide
to the elements are entries on each of the 100-odd chemical elements, arranged alphabetically from actinium to zirconium.
Each entry comprises an explanation of where the element's name comes from, followed by Body element (the role it plays in
living things), Element of history (how and when it was discovered), Economic element
(what it is used for), Environmental element (where it occurs, how much), Chemical element (facts, figures, and narrative), and Element of surprise (an amazing, little-known fact).
Since publication of the first edition there have been a number of developments. Three new chemical elements have been named and validated: darmstadtium, roetgenium, and copernicium and the section on 'transfermium elements' has now been incorporated into the main part of the book. Economic uses of elements have grown, and some quite rare elements such as Scandium are now economically important, along with updates to elements such as gold due to new roles in industry. Fully revised and updated
for 2010, this browsable compendium holds a wealth of useful information.
(what it is used for), Environmental element (where it occurs, how much), Chemical element (facts, figures, and narrative), and Element of surprise (an amazing, little-known fact).
Since publication of the first edition there have been a number of developments. Three new chemical elements have been named and validated: darmstadtium, roetgenium, and copernicium and the section on 'transfermium elements' has now been incorporated into the main part of the book. Economic uses of elements have grown, and some quite rare elements such as Scandium are now economically important, along with updates to elements such as gold due to new roles in industry. Fully revised and updated
for 2010, this browsable compendium holds a wealth of useful information.
Preface ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; The elements (A-Z) ; The periodic table ; Appendix: the discovery of the elements
in chronological order ; Bibliography ; Lists of elements and atomic numbers ; Index
John Emsley won the Science Book prize in 1995 for his Consumer's Good Chemical Guide, and followed this with a series of
popular science books: Molecules at an Exhibition, Was it Something You Ate? (co-authored with P. Fell), and The Shocking
History of Phosphorus, all of which have been translated into many other languages. After 20 years as a researcher and lecturer
in chemistry at London University, he became a freelance
writer, as well as Science Writer in Residence, first at Imperial College London and then at Cambridge University. In 2003 he was awarded the German Chemical Society's Writer's Award.
writer, as well as Science Writer in Residence, first at Imperial College London and then at Cambridge University. In 2003 he was awarded the German Chemical Society's Writer's Award.