In the spirit of A Short History of Nearly Everything comes Periodic Tales .
It will delight readers of Genome, Einstein\'s Dreams , Longitude , and The Age of Wonder ..
Periodic Tales is an energetic and wide-ranging book of innovations and innovators, of superstition and science and the myriad ways the chemical Elements are woven into our culture, history, and language.
Award-winning science writer Hugh Andersey-Williams offers readers a captivating look at the elements--and the amazing, little-known stories behind their discoveries.
In the spirit of A Short History of Nearly Everything comes Periodic Tales