Sandra Bark recommendation
I only gave the book 2 stars. I am not going to finish it. I think the chummy tone annoyed me, a tone reserved for those belonging to a well educated uper class group of people. It seems directed toward the American public rather than a world market. I cannot explain why I feel this way. Perhaps it ...
There are some really excellent stories, here. A couple of them stray a bit from the central premise or weren't sufficiently dumbed down for me (non-chemist) but my interest rarely strayed for more than a moment.
I really enjoyed this book a lot, even though my high school experience with chemistry left something (many things) to be desired. This book explores, as the title admirably suggests, the history of the periodic table of the elements. The author starts with the evolution of the periodic table itself...
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