The Elements 2015 Calendar: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe

by Theodore Gray, Nick Mann (Photographer)

A whole new year of The Elements calendar! A month-by-month tour of the most beautiful and fascinating elements in the periodic table.



The Elements 2015 Calendar is perfect for scientists, students, teachers, and anyone interested in the beauty and diversity of nature. Each month shows a full-page photograph of a featured element in its pure form and offers an interesting and informative anecdote. The elements in this year's calendar are boron, nitrogen, sodium, argon, nickel, strontium, niobium, indium, thallium, polonium, plutonium, and thorium. Smaller images of each element, as well as compounds, items made with the element, and products containing the element appear within the monthly grid. Also included are important dates in chemical history, as well as major North American, British, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand holidays.



Includes a poster of Theodore Gray's famous photographic periodic table!

28 pages, Calendar

First published July 28, 2014

About the author

Theodore Gray is the author of 'The Elements' and 'Mad Science: Experiments You Can Do at Home-But Probably Shouldn't', and of Popular Science magazine's 'Gray Matter' column. He is the proprietor of periodictable.com and the creator of the iconic photographic periodic table poster seen in universities, schools, museums, and on TV shows from 'MythBusters' to 'Hannah Montana'. In his other life, he is co-founder of the software company Wolfram Research, creators of the world's leading technical software system, Mathematica®, and WolframlAlphaTM. He lives in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.

From periodictable.com