Antimony, gold, and Jupiter's wolf : how the elements were named / Peter Wothers.

How did the elements get their names? The origins of californium may be obvious, but what about oxygen? Investigating their origins takes Peter Wothers deep into history. Drawing on a wide variety of original sources, he brings to light the astonishing, the unusual, and the downright weird origins b...

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Main Author: Wothers, Peter (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
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