"First published as The ingredients, 2002"--T.p. verso.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 164) and index.
1.Aristotle's quartet : the elements in antiquity --2.Revolution : how oxygen changed the world --3.Gold : the glorious and accursed element --4. Theeightfold path : organizing the elements --5. Theatom factories : making new elements --6. Thechemical brothers : why isotopes are useful --7.For all practical purposes : technologies of the elements.