01187cam a2200265 4500 214918886 TxAuBib 20150506120000.0 110304s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011009864 9780061824722 hardback : acid-free paper 0061824720 hardback : acid-free paper TxAuBib Aldersey-Williams, Hugh. Periodic tales : a cultural history of the elements, from arsenic to zinc / Hugh Aldersey-Williams. 1st ed. New York : Ecco, 2011. xvii, 428 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. "In the spirit of A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING, an energetic and wide-ranging book of discovery and discoverers, of exploitation and celebration, and of superstition and science, all in search of the ways the chemical elements are woven into our culture, history, and language"-- Provided by publisher. 20150506. Periodic law History. Chemical elements History. Discoveries in science. SCIENCE / General.