TY - BOOK AU - Ball,Philip TI - The elements: a very short introduction SN - 0192840991 AV - QD466 .B25 2004 U1 - 546 21 PY - 2004/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Chemical elements N1 - "First published as The ingredients, 2002"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references (p. 164) and index; 1; Aristotle's quartet : the elements in antiquity --; 2; Revolution : how oxygen changed the world --; 3; Gold : the glorious and accursed element --; 4. The; eightfold path : organizing the elements --; 5. The; atom factories : making new elements --; 6. The; chemical brothers : why isotopes are useful --; 7; For all practical purposes : technologies of the elements UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy036/2002033686.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0620/2004304142-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/2004304142-b.html ER -