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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 546.8
EAN: 9781883937713
ISBN: 188393771X
Label: Bethlehem Books
Manufacturer: Bethlehem Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 170
Publication Date: 2003-05
Publisher: Bethlehem Books
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Studio: Bethlehem Books
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- LD son loved this book!The "Mystery of the Periodic Table" is that it makes learning fun! My son really likes this book! It keeps you entertained and is much easier to read than a typical old boring chemistry textbook! Highly recommend as a first step in introducing the periodic table to any child!
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- Chemists biographies interesting but too heavy on actual chemistryThe biographical information is interesting but some of the chemistry information is too deep for my children (12, 9, 7) who are listening to me read this. I think it would work better if I read the chapters ahead and just pulled out the interesting parts and explained the concept the chapter wants to get across in a simpler format.
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- good popular scienceBy putting over 3,000 years of faces on the search for the elemental principles -- from the Greek philosopher Anaximander, who held that all the material world was made of four "elements", Earth, Air, Fire, and Water; to teams of modern scientists who race to create new elements -- Benjamin Wiker has moved chemistry off the shelf of dry-and-dusty arcania and given the reader a gum-shoe tale filled with odd and interesting characters. This book is an excellent remedy for people who think the sciences ... Read More
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- Everybody CAN understand ScienceThis terrific book helps make a complex area of science - the field of chemistry and the periodic table - accessible to everyone. Benjamin Wiker skillfully and humorously takes us through the history of theories, experiments, mistakes and successes in understanding the elements and the development of the Periodic Table. The icing on the cake is how fascinating the order of the table is and how closely and mathematically the elements are related to each other. Fascinating!
The book is written ... Read More
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