The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire, and Phosphorus Tapa blanda - 2002 - 1st Edición
de John Emsley
Primera línea
"While thus employed, Gerard was busy busy about the seated corpse and to his amazement, Denys saw a luminous glow spreading rapidly over the white face."
Descripción de contraportada
This is popular science at its best, a great subject, unfolded with the skill of the storyteller; at once a mine of information and a thoroughly good read."
-The Sunday Times (London)
"This well-written book is an examination of the very character of all chemicals."
-The Sunday Telegraph (London)
Discovered by alchemists, prescribed by apothecaries, exploited by nineteenth-century industrialists, and abused by twentieth-century combatants, phosphorus is one of nature's deadliest-and most fascinating-creations. Now award-winning author John Emsley combines his gift for storytelling with his scientific expertise to present an enthralling account of this eerily luminescent element. From murders-by-phosphorus where the bodies glowed green, to the match factory strike that helped end child labor in England, to the irony of the World War II firebombing of Hamburg, to even deadlier compounds derived from phosphorus today, The 13th Element weaves together a rich tableau of brilliant and oddball characters, social upheavals, and curious, bizarre, and horrific events that comprise the surprising 300-year history of nature's most nefarious element.
Detalles
- Título The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire, and Phosphorus
- Autor John Emsley
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Número de edición 1st
- Edición 1
- Páginas 352
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Wiley (TP), Hoboken, NJ
- Fecha de publicación 2002-01-01
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780471441496 / 047144149X
- Peso 0.78 libras (0.35 kg)
- Dimensiones 7.76 x 5.26 x 0.95 pulgadas (19.71 x 13.36 x 2.41 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Phosphorus
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 00703013
- Dewey Decimal Code 546.712
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