A Guide to the Elements

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"A gold mine of...valuable information.... Rather than providing only the dry information of encyclopedias, this book is rich in background information about each element and is as informative as it is interesting to read."-- The Science Teacher "An indispensable resource for middle and high school students and teachers.... With its up-to-date entries and easy-to-read style, [ Elements ] belongs in every science classroom, chemistry lab, and school and public library."-- Science Books & Films "With this publication, readers, ages 10 and up, will be able to quickly find and review the important properties of each element without the difficulties of searching through a standard chemistry textbook. Material is presented in an interesting way, unencumbered by a mass of chemical equations and formulas."-- Curriculum Administrator "An introductory chemical-literacy reference book that has separate articles on each of the 112 elements. Each one-to-five page entry has interesting accounts of the processes and personalities involved in the element's discovery, chemical and physical properties, reactions or nonreactions, and uses of common compounds.... Multiple colored and black-and-white photos illustrate nearly all of the articles and give up-to-date descriptions of the elements and their compounds.... An excellent introductory resource."-- School Library Journal "A succinct introduction to the chemical elements.... This one-volume reference is a handy compendium that will complement the science collection of any school or public library."-- Library Journal

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