Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements

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Nevertheless, with 2011 being the International Year of Chemistry, it should not be surprising that there were several books published on that iconic representation of chemistry - the periodic table. Platinum had a low value and was seen as less valuable when compared to silver. Chabaneau was bought to Madrid to carry out

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Mendeleev's critics were silenced in 1875 when Paul-Emile Lecoq announced that he had discovered a new aluminium-like element which he had named gallium. Its atomic weight was exactly equal to that which Mendeleev had assigned in his table. Lecoq reported a density which was lower than that predicted by Mendeleev but Mendeleev told him to obtain a pure sample. When Lecoq followed these instructions, the density which he arrived at was exactly the one predicted.Humans are meaning-making beings, attaching significance and projecting our fears and desires onto the natural world. In his 2011 book, Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc, British author and journalist Hugh Aldersey-Williams examines how we’ve given meaning to the elements. Through a wide-ranging collection of historical examples, Aldersey-Williams examines how the elements on the periodic table don’t simply stay on a chart but are rather woven into the fabric of our culture, popping up in artists’ studios, streetlamps, cosmetics, fireworks, and more. Along the way, in addition to learning the history and science of the elements that make up the periodic table, Aldersey-Williams also examines how we’ve assigned specific cultural significance to these elements and integrated them into our everyday lives. which were later drawn to be correct. Agatha Christie's book 'The Pale Horse' revoloved around tellurium poisoning and some readers could identify their symptoms as an effect of tellurium poisoning. The periodic table is one of our crowning scientific achievements, but it's also a treasure trove of passion, adventure, betrayal and obsession. The fascinating tales in The Disappearing Spoon follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold and every single element on the table as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, conflict, the arts, medicine and the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them.

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Tellurium Poisoning: A criminal, Graham Young, who had killed several people at work as well as his stepmother by tellurium poisoning. The doctors wereNapolean's death is attributed to arsenic (also known as 'Inheritance Powder'). The green colour of the wallpaper would contain large quantities of the metal which caused his body to have high levels of arsenic.