The Amazing History of Element Names

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Includes bibliographies and index.

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

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