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Exploring the Elements

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This artful and accessible guide to the periodic table — the ultimate reference tool for scientists worldwide — names all 118 chemical elements and helps young readers understand the remarkable ways we have learned to use them.

Graphically stunning layouts feature each element's letter symbol and atomic number, exploring its attributes, characteristics, uses, and interesting stories behind its discovery. Complete with a comprehensive introduction, conclusion, and glossary, this is the perfect introduction to chemistry for inquisitive minds.

Wrapped in a double-sided jacket, with the illustrated periodic table printed on the underside, Exploring the Elements is jam-packed with 240 pages of information.

Both a gift book and a practical book, Exploring the Elements is for teachers and librarians, parents and grandparents, the home bookshelf and classroom bookshelf, science enthusiasts, and budding scientists of all ages.

Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Benjamin N. ★★★★★

My daughter actually reads this before bed now, which I never expected from a science book. The way it blends art with the facts about all 118 elements makes the periodic table feel like a story instead of a chart.

Richard C. ★★★★★

The way each element gets its own spread with artwork makes it feel more like an art book than a reference guide, which is exactly why my kids actually fight over who gets to read it next. I've already caught myself learning things about the elements I never picked up in school.

Julian ★★★★★

My 10-year-old flipped through it nonstop for a whole weekend and still asks to look things up in it. The way it names all 118 elements while weaving in their real-world uses is exactly the kind of accessible depth I was hoping for.

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