TY - BOOK AB - "In the spirit of 'A short history of nearly everything, ' an energetic and wide-ranging book of discovery and discoverers, of exploitation and celebration, and of superstition and science, all in search of the ways the chemical elements are woven into our culture, history, and language"--Provided by publisher. AU - Aldersey-Williams, Hugh. CN - QD467 CN - QD467 CY - New York : DA - 2012. ET - 1st Ecco pbk. ed. ID - 434481 KW - Periodic law KW - Chemical elements KW - Discoveries in science. N2 - "In the spirit of 'A short history of nearly everything, ' an energetic and wide-ranging book of discovery and discoverers, of exploitation and celebration, and of superstition and science, all in search of the ways the chemical elements are woven into our culture, history, and language"--Provided by publisher. PB - Ecco, PP - New York : PY - 2012. SN - 9780061824739 (pbk.) SN - 0061824739 (pbk.) T1 - Periodic tales :a cultural history of the elements, from arsenic to zinc / TI - Periodic tales :a cultural history of the elements, from arsenic to zinc / ER -