The elements are what we - and everything around us - are made of. But how many elements have you seen in their pure, raw, uncombined form? This book presents photographic representations of the 118 elements in the period table, along with facts, figures and stories about each one.

This book presents the basic concepts of chemistry and explains complex theories before offering a separate article on each of the building blocks that make up the universe.

"A spectacular visual guide to the more than 100 elements that make up you and everything around you"--P. [4] of cover.

Introduces certain elements of the periodic table and describes what they are used for, including helium, carbon, oxygen, and calcium.

This book explains the history, structure, characteristics, uses, and different compounds of the boron elements.

Describes the chemical elements with similar physical and molecular properties as carbon, including how they combine with other elements and each other, and where they can be found in everyday objects

By putting over 3,000 years of faces on the search for the elemental principles -- from the Greek philosopher Anaximander, who held that all the material world was made of four "elements", Earth, Air, Fire, and Water; to teams of modern scientists who race to create new elements -- Benjamin Wiker has moved chemistry off the shelf of dry-and-dusty arcania and given the reader a gum-shoe tale filled with odd and interesting characters.