The Lost Elements - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Lost Elements write by Marco Fontani. This book was released on 2015. The Lost Elements available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The story of the false entries, good-faith errors, retractions, and mistakes that occurred during the formation of the Periodic Table of Elements as we know it.
The Elements We Live By
The Elements We Live By - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Elements We Live By write by Anja Røyne. This book was released on 2020-06-09. The Elements We Live By available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This “excellent” popular science book explores just what we—and the things around us—are made of (Aftenposten, Norway). Some elements get all the attention: glittering gold, radioactive uranium—materials we call “precious” because they are so rare. But what could be more precious than the building blocks of life—from the oxygen in our air to the carbon in all living things? In The Elements We Live By, physicist and award-winning author Anja Røyne reminds us that we’d be lost without the quiet heroes of the periodic table. Our bodies need phosphorous to hold our DNA together, potassium to power our optic nerves, and many more elements—in just the right amounts—to function. Other fundamental elements keep our technology (and society) running: Our phones contain arsenic, boron, and gallium to control signals and store information; indium and tin for the touch screen; and lithium for the battery. Everything is made of elements—every galaxy, star, and planet—from the iron in Earth’s core to the silicon in its sand. But that doesn’t mean the elements we rely on will never run out; for example, about half the lithium we need is extracted from rocks in Australia, and the other half is from saltwater in Argentina and Chile. As Røyne travels the world to find where these elements exist (some in ever-shrinking amounts), she shows how vitally urgent it is for us to protect them—the elements of our very existence. “Not just a discussion of basic chemistry, this is a volume that looks at the human impact on the planet and what we can learn from nature...Useful for science or sociology courses that address the various impacts of natural resource development or for popular science readers.” —School Library Journal
The Lost Elements
The Lost Elements - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Lost Elements write by Lizbeth Davis. This book was released on 2022-03-04. The Lost Elements available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A young girl named Robyn has to leave everything she knows for the people she loves.
The Disappearing Spoon
The Disappearing Spoon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Disappearing Spoon write by Sam Kean. This book was released on 2010-07-12. The Disappearing Spoon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, finance, mythology, the arts, medicine, and more, as told by the Periodic Table. Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? How did radium (Ra, 88) nearly ruin Marie Curie's reputation? And why is gallium (Ga, 31) the go-to element for laboratory pranksters? The Periodic Table is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of adventure, betrayal, and obsession. These fascinating tales follow every element on the table as they play out their parts in human history, and in the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them. The Disappearing Spoon masterfully fuses science with the classic lore of invention, investigation, and discovery -- from the Big Bang through the end of time. Though solid at room temperature, gallium is a moldable metal that melts at 84 degrees Fahrenheit. A classic science prank is to mold gallium spoons, serve them with tea, and watch guests recoil as their utensils disappear.
Nikki Tesla and the Ferret-Proof Death Ray (Elements of Genius #1)
Nikki Tesla and the Ferret-Proof Death Ray (Elements of Genius #1) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nikki Tesla and the Ferret-Proof Death Ray (Elements of Genius #1) write by Jess Keating. This book was released on 2019-07-09. Nikki Tesla and the Ferret-Proof Death Ray (Elements of Genius #1) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ocean's 11 meets Spy School in this hilarious illustrated middle-grade series featuring the world's greatest minds. "Let the official record show that, I, Nikki Tesla, did not intend to destroy the world."There are only so many times a kid can invent an instrument of global destruction without getting grounded. So when Nikki's death ray accidentally blows up her bedroom (if you can call a pet ferret with an itchy trigger finger an accident), she's sent to the only place that can handle her. Genius Academy is a school for history's greatest brains. Leo da Vinci? Charlotte Darwin? Bert Einstein? All extraordinary. Yet even among her fellow prodigies, Nikki feels like an outsider thanks to a terrible secret she can't let anyone discover. Ever. But when her death ray is stolen, Nikki must stop worrying about fitting in and learn to play nice with her new classmates. Because it doesn't take a genius to track a thief around the world, outwit the authorities, and keep a French fry-fanatic ferret happy. It takes all of them.
