Elemental, Fundamental, Astronomical - Tim James
Category: Science
Narrator: Roger Davis
Tags: Science, Tutorial
Elemental: How the Periodic Table Can Now Explain (Nearly) Everything, Selected as one of the best books of 2018 by the Daily Mail., In 2016, with the addition of four final elements - nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson - to make a total of 118 elements, the periodic table was finally complete, rendering any pre-existing books on the subject obsolete., Tim James, the secondary-school science teacher we all wish wed had, provides an accessible and wonderfully entertaining biography of chemistry that uses stories to explain the positions and patterns of elements in the periodic table. Many popular science titles tend to tell the history of scientific developments, leaving the actual science largely unexplained; James, however, makes use of stories to explain the principles of chemistry within the table, showing its relevance to everyday life., Filled with humour, this is the perfect audiobook for students wanting to learn chemistry or for parents wanting to help, but it is als
