The Elements 2023 Wall Calendar

by Gray, Theodore; Mann, Nick

• ISBN13: 9780762479627
• ISBN10: 0762479620
• Format: Calendar
• Copyright: 2022-07-05
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal

Summary

The 2023 edition of Theodore Gray's beloved Elements wall calendar, based on his bestselling book, The Elements, is a month-by-month tour to some of the most beautiful and fascinating elements in the periodic table, complete with gorgeous photographs and fun facts. 

Featuring all major holidays and moon phases, as well as important scientific dates such as major discoveries, key people's birthdays, and notable milestones, this calendar is both an aesthetically pleasing and functional way to keep track of your days. With room to make notes and fill-in appointments, this calendar is also a teachable way to learn new and fun facts about chemistry every single day.

Perfect for scientists, students, teachers, and anyone interested in the beauty and diversity of science and nature, this calendar showcases over a dozen elements with full-page photographs of their pure form. Included are interesting and informative anecdotes, history, and facts about each element: argon, potassium, manganese, zinc, bromine, technetium, rhodium, silver, indium, tungsten, bismuth, and plutonium. 

Author Biography

Theodore Gray is the author of The Elements, Molecules, and Reactions, as well as Theodore Gray's Completely Mad Science. He is the creator of the bestselling iPad apps "Elements" and "Molecules," which have both been named "App of the Week" by Apple and was the director of "Disney Animated" (also honored by Apple as "iPad App of the Year"). Gray appeared on stage with Steve Jobs several times in his capacity as a software creator. He also co-founded Wolfram Research, Inc., makers of the widely-used software Mathematica and the Wolfram Alpha website. He lives in Urbana, Illinois.

 

Nick Mann is a photographer specializing in taking beautiful photos of inanimate objects on black backgrounds. His other work includes The Elements, Molecules, and Reactions. Originally of Urbana, IL, he lives in Champaign, IL and North Liberty, IA, where he is working towards a geology degree at Cornell College.