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    30-Second Elements: The 50 most significant elements, each explained in half a minute

    By Eric Scerri

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    When was radium discovered? Who are Dmitri Mendeleev and Glenn T. Seaborg? Who discovered uranium’s radioactivity? Which element is useful for dating the age of Earth? And why doesn’t gold have a scientific name?

    30-Second Elements presents you with the very foundations of chemical knowledge, explaining concisely the 50 most significant chemical elements.

    This book uses helpful glossaries and tables to fast track your knowledge of the other 68 elements and the relationships between all of them.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIcon Books
    Release dateAug 1, 2013
    ISBN9781848316164
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      Short, interesting introduction into 50 most significant elements from the Periodic Table, such as O2, N2, H2, etc. The chemists among us already know this, so this introduction about characteristics and who discovered what is for the rest of us. Part of a series of books that explain the natural world.