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Combining cutting edge science with fascinating facts and stunning infographics, this book looks at the extraordinary stories of discovery, amazing properties and surprising uses of each elements, whether solid, liquid or gas - naturally occurring, synthesised or theoretical!
From hydrogen to oganesson, this is a fact-filled visual guide to each element, each accompanied by technical date (category, atomic number, weight, boiling point) as well as fun facts and stories about their discovery and surprising uses.
Tom Jackson
Tom Jackson has been a writer for 25 years and has written more than 100 nonfiction books for adults and children and contributed to many more. Tom studied zoology at Bristol University and has had spells working in zoos and as a conservationist before turning to a career in writing about natural history and all things scientific. Today, he lives in Bristol, England.
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