Review: Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements
Procura do Utilizador - Lee - GoodreadsI was going to fill this review with little plays on words involving each of the 114 named elements, but everyone knows that all the good chemistry puns argon. Also have you tried making a pun ... Ler crítica na íntegra
Review: Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements
Procura do Utilizador - Jon Shanks - GoodreadsStart off well, but as the more well known elements got used up, the more my interest faded. I'm not scientifically-minded, but for the most part I was able to follow along without difficulty ... Ler crítica na íntegra
Review: Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements
Procura do Utilizador - Becky B - GoodreadsMr Aldersey-Williams has a curious fascination with the elements that allows him to write this book like few others could. Not many people try to make their own periodic table with samples of each ... Ler crítica na íntegra
Review: Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements
Procura do Utilizador - Eddy Allen - GoodreadsLike the alphabet, the calendar, or the zodiac, the periodic table of the chemical elements has a permanent place in our imagination. But aside from the handful of common ones (iron, carbon, copper ... Ler crítica na íntegra
Review: Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements
Procura do Utilizador - Johanne - GoodreadsExcellent. This is not a retelling of the elements and their properties but is a mix of history, chemistry, language and human endeavour with a bit travel thrown in too. All sorts of interesting ... Ler crítica na íntegra
Review: Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements
Procura do Utilizador - Donna Brown - GoodreadsI'll be honest enough to admit that I don't read non-fiction as often as I'd like but every now and again something catches my eye. This had been on my wishlist so when it came up on Amazon Vine I ... Ler crítica na íntegra
Review: Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements
Procura do Utilizador - Celtria - GoodreadsThis book sits on my science shelves but it should inhabit a shelf of its own, labelled Biographies of the Inanimate (a section for Borges imaginary Library of Babel?). To quote the author: "My aim in ... Ler crítica na íntegra
Review: Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements
Procura do Utilizador - Nikki - GoodreadsThis wasn't quite as engaging to me as the blurb and the reviews quoted on the cover suggests -- in fact, it started to feel rather meandering -- but it is quite an interesting read, covering both the ... Ler crítica na íntegra
Review: Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements
Procura do Utilizador - Mike Tarasovic - GoodreadsIn Spring of 2011, I was in a bar and noticed someone reading a book at the next table over that had an absolutely beautiful cover. I made one of my friends ask the owner to pass it over so I could ... Ler crítica na íntegra
Review: Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements
Procura do Utilizador - Marc Nash - GoodreadsIt's pitched not as an academic tome, nor even a comprehensive study, but more of a fun and slightly off-kilter look at the elements. Williams considers the weight that each element has in our culture ... Ler crítica na íntegra
