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_b.A439 2020
049 _aMAIN
100 1 _aAvenas, Pierre.
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245 1 0 _aThe Amazing History of Element Names
260 _aLes Ulis :
_bEDP Sciences,
_c(c)2020.
300 _a1 online resource (274 pages).
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aHors Collection
500 _aDescription based upon print version of record.
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505 0 0 _aThe amazing history of element names --
_tPreface --
_tForeword --
_tTo make the readingeasier --
_t1. Fire, air, water, earth... and the 5th element? --
_t1) Earth, a precious diamond mine! --
_t2) Air and water, elements of life --
_t3) A quest that leads to fire --
_t4) The 5th element... towards quintessence! --
_t2. A chance for artists and craftsmen... --
_t1) A metal for eternity --
_t2) Metal weddings --
_t3) Emblematic metals and alloys --
_t4) The metal of war --
_t5) Teasing game between metals --
_t6) Tales around brimstone --
_t3. Gods, myths and legends --
_t1) About gods and planets --
_t2) Heaven or hell?
505 0 0 _a3) Prometheus and hidden earths --
_t4) Helen of Troy and sugars --
_t5) Diabolical dwarves --
_t6) Fear ofthe werewolf --
_t7) Vanadis and Thor, day and night --
_t8) The oracles of Amun --
_t4. Travels with words --
_t1) A good harvest in Scandinavia --
_t2) France and Germany, face to face --
_t3) In Scotland, not so far from Loch Ness --
_t4) On the shores of the Aegean --
_t5) Travels across Ireland --
_t5. Tastes, colours and smells in names --
_t1) Not to overindulge in sugar --
_t2) When it's scorched... --
_t3) An unnecessary colour? --
_t4) A tale with a salty lick --
_t6. Explorers of the elements
505 0 0 _a1) The salts of the Earth --
_t2) Minerals in plants --
_t3) The mantle of the Earth --
_t4) The sugars of life --
_t5) The alphabet of the living kingdom --
_t6) Eclectic names --
_t7) Strange gases hidden in the air... --
_t8) When it comes to physics --
_t7. In the intimacy of plants --
_t1) Wheat in the oven and in the mill --
_t2) The best andthe worst of a seed --
_t3) A comforting tree --
_t4) And here comes Jupiter again, with nuts! --
_t5) Lumber and firewood --
_t6) The tree that invented polystyrene --
_t7) The aromas of plants --
_t8. Animal stories --
_t1) Foxes are so foxy --
_t2) Ruminant butter sand acids
505 0 0 _a3) A name that fits the bill --
_t4) A discovery in the liver --
_t9. What everyday product names tell us --
_t1) The secret ofporcelain/china --
_t2) A product that makes things clean... and white --
_t3) A story with twists, turns and bounces --
_t4) A brilliant inventor --
_t5) Double-purpose glass: for safety and aesthetics --
_t6) From the still to the refinery --
_tThe epilogue to end all epilogues --
_tTable of contents --
_tReferences --
_tIndex
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650 0 _aChemical elements
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655 1 _aElectronic Books.
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