TY  - BOOK
AU  - Avenas,Pierre
TI  - The Amazing History of Element Names
T2  - Hors Collection
SN  - 9782759824977
AV  - QD466 .A439 2020
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Les Ulis
PB  - EDP Sciences
KW  - Chemical elements
KW  - Names
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; 2; The amazing history of element names --; Preface --; Foreword --; To make the readingeasier --; 1. Fire, air, water, earth... and the 5th element? --; 1) Earth, a precious diamond mine! --; 2) Air and water, elements of life --; 3) A quest that leads to fire --; 4) The 5th element... towards quintessence! --; 2. A chance for artists and craftsmen... --; 1) A metal for eternity --; 2) Metal weddings --; 3) Emblematic metals and alloys --; 4) The metal of war --; 5) Teasing game between metals --; 6) Tales around brimstone --; 3. Gods, myths and legends --; 1) About gods and planets --; 2) Heaven or hell?; 3) Prometheus and hidden earths --; 4) Helen of Troy and sugars --; 5) Diabolical dwarves --; 6) Fear ofthe werewolf --; 7) Vanadis and Thor, day and night --; 8) The oracles of Amun --; 4. Travels with words --; 1) A good harvest in Scandinavia --; 2) France and Germany, face to face --; 3) In Scotland, not so far from Loch Ness --; 4) On the shores of the Aegean --; 5) Travels across Ireland --; 5. Tastes, colours and smells in names --; 1) Not to overindulge in sugar --; 2) When it's scorched... --; 3) An unnecessary colour? --; 4) A tale with a salty lick --; 6. Explorers of the elements; 1) The salts of the Earth --; 2) Minerals in plants --; 3) The mantle of the Earth --; 4) The sugars of life --; 5) The alphabet of the living kingdom --; 6) Eclectic names --; 7) Strange gases hidden in the air... --; 8) When it comes to physics --; 7. In the intimacy of plants --; 1) Wheat in the oven and in the mill --; 2) The best andthe worst of a seed --; 3) A comforting tree --; 4) And here comes Jupiter again, with nuts! --; 5) Lumber and firewood --; 6) The tree that invented polystyrene --; 7) The aromas of plants --; 8. Animal stories --; 1) Foxes are so foxy --; 2) Ruminant butter sand acids; 3) A name that fits the bill --; 4) A discovery in the liver --; 9. What everyday product names tell us --; 1) The secret ofporcelain/china --; 2) A product that makes things clean... and white --; 3) A story with twists, turns and bounces --; 4) A brilliant inventor --; 5) Double-purpose glass: for safety and aesthetics --; 6) From the still to the refinery --; The epilogue to end all epilogues --; Table of contents --; References --; Index; 2; b
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