01602cam a2200337 a 450000100070000000500170000700800410002403500130006501000170007802000150009502000180011003500230012804000180015104200140016905000170018308200080020010000250020824000160023324500620024926000580031130000290036949000360039850000600043450400600049450503800055465000230093473000300095785600800098785600910106785601060115810551520230411085742.0041105r20042002enka     b    001 0 eng d  a13773921  a  2004304142  a0192840991  a9780192840998  a(OCoLC)ocm56211490  aTEFcTEFdDLC  alccopycat14aR AC 5bV57304a0811 aBall, Philip,d1962-10aIngredients14aThe elements :ba very short introduction /cPhilip Ball.  aOxford ;aNew York :bOxford University Press,c2004.  a179 p. :bill. ;c21 cm.0 aVery short introductions ;v104  a"First published as The ingredients, 2002"--T.p. verso.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 164) and index.00g1.tAristotle's quartet : the elements in antiquity --g2.tRevolution : how oxygen changed the world --g3.tGold : the glorious and accursed element --g4. Theteightfold path : organizing the elements --g5. Thetatom factories : making new elements --g6. Thetchemical brothers : why isotopes are useful --g7.tFor all practical purposes : technologies of the elements. 0aChemical elements.0 aVery short introductions.413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy036/2002033686.html423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0620/2004304142-d.html423Contributor biographical informationuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/2004304142-b.html