The Elements: A Mini Guide to the Periodic Table

by Albert Stwertka

Students of chemistry and of life, rejoice! Put down your huge textbooks-you're free! This handy little guide will fit in your back pocket yet give volumes of detail about the elements; enough to cover virtually any situation where you'd need to refer to the periodic table. This useful tool is an abridged version of the Oxford University Press book, A Guide to the Elements , which was honored with major awards from Science Books and Films magazine, and the Society of School Librarians International. It also won the Parents' Choice Gold Award. This tiny edition provides brief surveys of all 114 elements and features an easy-to-read complete periodic table in a quick foldout.

128 pages, Hardcover

First published March 12, 2007

Reviews

[Courtney Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

This cute little book packs quite a chemistry punch. Each element has a page dedicated to it, full of information about their properties, applications and history, with colour coding designating which group each one belongs to. The stylish cover, including the periodic table printed in shiny black on matte black, is also a nice touch. It even has a fold-out periodic table in the middle! This would be a great stocking-filler for the chemistry nerd in your life.