A Tale of Seven Elements
plus another 40 or so others
$83.70
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
24 November 2025
Summary
The Missing Pieces: Unveiling the Tale of Seven Elements
In 1913, Henry Moseley revolutionized our understanding of elements by organizing them by atomic number. Yet, seven elements remained undiscovered.
Eric Scerri’s updated and expanded edition tells the captivating stories of these elements: protactinium, hafnium, rhenium, technetium, francium, astatine, and promethium.
Journey through their discoveries, spanning the two World Wars, from protactinium in 1917 to p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780197785324 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0197785328 |
| Author: | Eric R. Scerri |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 24 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 367g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 144mm x 17mm |
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About The Author
Eric R. Scerri
Eric Scerri is founder and editor-in-chief of the Springer journal Foundations of Chemistry. He has authored around 200 journal articles in the history and philosophy of science, chemistry and chemical education, in addition to five books. He has been teaching chemistry as well as history and philosophy of science at UCLA since the year 2000.
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