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Introduction | p. 3 |
Orientation: Column by Column, Row by Row | |
Geography is Destiny | p. 11 |
Near Twins and Black Sheep: The Genealogy of Elements | p. 32 |
The Galápagos of the Periodic Table | p. 47 |
Making Atoms, Breaking Atoms | |
Where Atoms Come From: ôWe Are All Star Stuffö | p. 65 |
Elements in Times of War | p. 81 |
Completing the Table…with a Bang | p. 98 |
Extending the Table, Expanding the Cold War | p. 115 |
Periodic Confusion: The Emergence of Complexity | |
From Physics to Biology | p. 135 |
Poisoner's Corridor: ôOuch-Ouchö | p. 152 |
Take Two Elements, Call Me in the Morning | p. 167 |
How Elements Deceive | p. 186 |
The Elements of Human Character | |
Political Elements | p. 203 |
Elements as Money | p. 222 |
Artistic Elements | p. 238 |
An Element of Madness | p. 255 |
Element Science Today and Tomorrow | |
Chemistry Way, Way Below Zero | p. 277 |
Spheres of Splendor: The Science of Bubbles | p. 295 |
Tools of Ridiculous Precision | p. 314 |
Above (and Beyond) the Periodic Table | p. 331 |
Acknowledgments and Thanks | p. 347 |
Notes and Errata | p. 349 |
Bibliography | p. 377 |
Index | p. 379 |
The Periodic Table of the Elements | p. 392 |
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