The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire, and Phosphorus - Paperback
by John Emsley
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Wiley (TP)ISBN-13:9780471441496ISBN-10:047144149XUPC:9780471441496Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:History, ChemistryBook Topic:Physical & TheoreticalSize:7.76 x 5.26 x 0.95 inchesWeight:0.78Product ID:SCNFB3G7FM
The incredible ""glowing"" history of the ""Devil's element ""phosphorus Discovered by alchemists, prescribed by apothecaries, exploited by ninth-century industrialists, and abused by twentieth-century combatants, the chemical element phosphorus has fascinated us for more than three centuries. It may even be the cause of will-o'-the wisps and spontaneous human combustion! Now John Emsley has written an enthralling account of this eerily luminescent element. Shining with wonderful nuggets-from murders-by-phosphorus to a match factory strike; from the firebombing of Hamburg to the deadly compounds derived from phosphorus today-The 13th Element weaves together a rich tableau of brilliant and oddball characters, social upheavals, and bizarre events.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Wiley (TP)ISBN-13:9780471441496ISBN-10:047144149XUPC:9780471441496Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:History, ChemistryBook Topic:Physical & TheoreticalSize:7.76 x 5.26 x 0.95 inchesWeight:0.78Product ID:SCNFB3G7FM
JOHN EMSLEY is Science Writer in Residence at both Cambridge University and Imperial College of London University. He has won the prestigious Rhone-Poulenc Prize for best science book of the year, was an editor of New Scientist magazine, and wrote a science column for the Independent newspaper.
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