In-depth, current and accurate information on 112 known chemical elements. For younger and middle school students, yet appropriate for high school students, too

This book offers a comprehensive overview of an important notion to the field of chemistry: the chemical element.

That all the tens of millions of different substances and materials were made up of only 92 elements is a magical story vividly told. Originally published 50 ye

Descriptions of all elements, usually only found by consulting many different sources. Includes history and common uses.

The debt of modern chemistry to Antoine Lavoisier (1743–1794) is incalculable. With Lavoisier's discoveries of the compositions of air and water (he gave the