Antimony, Gold, and Jupiter's Wolf: How the elements were named

Wothers, Peter

ISBN 10: 0199652724 / ISBN 13: 9780199652723

Published by Oxford University Press, 2020

About this Item

Dark blue hardback with gilt lettered spine, complete with original dustjacket. In new condition: firm and square with strong joints, no bumps, no rubs. Contents are crisp, tight and clean; no pen-marks. Thus a very nice copy that looks and feels unread, now offered for sale at a very reasonable price.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Antimony, Gold, and Jupiter's Wolf: How the elements were named
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199652724
• ISBN 13: 9780199652723
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

How did the elements get their names? The origins of californium may be obvious, but what about oxygen? Investigating their origins takes readers deep into history.

About the Author

Dr Peter Wothers is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow and Director of Studies in Chemistry at St Catharine's College. He is heavily involved in promoting chemistry to young students and members of the public, and, in 2010, created the popular Cambridge Chemistry Challenge competition for students in the UK. Peter is known nationally and internationally for his demonstration lectures and presented the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, titled The Modern Alchemist, in 2012. He has also authored a number of popular textbooks, including Why Chemical Reactions Happen and Chemical Structure and Reactivity, with colleague James Keeler. In 2014, he was awarded an M.B.E. for Services to Chemistry in the Queen's Birthday Honours.