This book offers a comprehensive overview of an important notion to the field of chemistry: the chemical element.

That all the tens of millions of different substances and materials were made up of only 92 elements is a magical story vividly told. Originally published 50 ye

Finding a book on the chemical elements that is neither an advanced, graduate-level text nor a simplistic overview for children is virtually impossible. Now, wi

A readable, informative, fascinating entry on each one of the 100-odd chemical elements, arranged alphabetically from actinium to zirconium. Each entry comprise