Robert Petkoff
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1210L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents a young readers adaptation of the book that collects tales about elements of the periodic table, sharing their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, evil, love, the arts, and the lives of the scientists who discovered them.
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
A young readers edition of the New York Times bestseller The Disappearing Spoon, chronicling the extraordinary stories behind one of the greatest scientific tools in existence: the periodic table.
Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? How did radium (Ra, 88) nearly ruin Marie Curie's reputation? And why did tellurium (Te, 52) lead to the most bizarre gold rush in history?
The periodic table is a crowning scientific achievement,...
Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? How did radium (Ra, 88) nearly ruin Marie Curie's reputation? And why did tellurium (Te, 52) lead to the most bizarre gold rush in history?
The periodic table is a crowning scientific achievement,...