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The elements : an illustrated history of the periodic table / Tom Jackson.

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546.8 JACK	Adult Non Fiction		Campsie .	. Available .

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ISBN	9780985323035 (hbk.)
ISBN	0985323035
Name	Jackson, Tom, 1972-
Title	The elements : an illustrated history of the periodic table / Tom Jackson.
Published	New York : Shelter Harbor Press, c2012.
Description	144 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + +1 fold-out timeline.
Notes	"100 discoveries that changed history: who did what when." -- Cover.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (p. 140) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Prehistory to the first century AD (40,000 - 0) -- The Dark Ages to the Middle Ages (0 - 1600) -- The Enlightenment (1600 - 1800) -- The 19th century: the great age of science (1800 - 1900) -- The modern era (1900 - present) -- 101 chemistry: the basics -- The periodic table -- Imponderables -- The great chemists.
Summary	Knowledge does not arrive fully formed, it requires many minds to puzzle over the evidence. Jackson tracks the history of the periodic table, a powerful yet elegant tool that lays bare the building blocks of the universe. The 12-page foldout timeline sets the saga of the periodic table against the backdrop of world history.
Subjects	Chemical elements -- History
Subjects	Periodic law -- Tables -- History
Series	Ponderables
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Chemical elements -- History . Periodic law -- Tables -- History . Authors: Jackson, Tom, 1972- . Series: Ponderables .