Lone Cone Library

Web-style "homepages" introduce to budding chemists each of the chemical elements from the periodic table, complete with witty and informative profiles written by the elements themselves.

The elements in the periodic table are the ingredients that make up our world. Explore elements such as carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, and learn why they are essential to our survival. See how precious gold protects astronauts in space, and why the metal mercury can be both a solid and a liquid. Find out about man-made elements, which the smartest chemists are busy figuring out how to use. Learn about scores of other elements, including silver, the...

"The elements of the periodic table come alive in the first book in a stellar nonfiction comic series illustrated by Shiho Pate!"-- "The elements of the periodic table come alive in the first book in a stellar nonfiction comic series illustrated by Shiho Pate!From oxygen to hydrogen, carbon to plutonium,Animated Science: Periodic Tablemakes chemistry come alive! In this book you'll meet the building blocks of you, the world, and the universe and...

An introduction to the elements featuring experiments with easy-to-read directions and step-by-step photographs.

A brief discussion of 102 basic chemical elements introduces a more detailed account of the structure, forms, and uses of the most common elements.

Discusses the history of the periodic table of the elements, includes biographies of major figures in the field of chemistry, and provides information on each element.

Profiles every element on the periodic table and describes their properties, when they were discovered, and how they are used in household materials.--

Provides information on the periodic table of elements discussing what makes fireworks have different colors, how fire affects elements and more.

Profiles every element on the periodic table and describes their properties, when they were discovered, and how they are used in household materials.

"A book of fun chemistry experiments has fallen into the wrong hands. Only Mel can use her knowledge of the periodic table to put an end to a maniacal madman's evil schemes. The periodic table helps us quickly understand the 118 elements, those tiny substances that make up everything in the world. By using the periodic table, we can recognize how these building blocks behave, find trends and patterns in the universe, and make predictions about elements...