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Author Chapman, Kit (Science journalist), author.

Title Superheavy : making and breaking the periodic table / Kit Chapman.

Publication Info. London, UK : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2019.
©2019

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  540 CHAPMAN    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  546.44 CHAPMAN    Check Shelf
Description 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series Bloomsbury Sigma series ; Book forty-five
Bloomsbury sigma series ; bk. 45.
Note Series number from title page verso.
Periodic table of the elements on lining-papers.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-294) and index.
Contents Children of the atom -- Transfermium wars -- The end of chemistry.
Summary Explores how scientists create superheavy elements, using giant machines to try to make single atoms of mysterious artefacts that have never existed on Earth. From the first elements past uranium and their role in the devlopment of the atomic bomb to the latest discoveries stretching the chemical world, Superheavy reveals the hidden stories lurking at the edge of the periodic table.
Subject Superheavy elements -- Popular works.
Radioactive substances.
Periodic table of the elements.
Superheavy elements. (OCoLC)fst01138886
Genre/Form Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
ISBN 9781472953896 (hardcover)
1472953894 (hardcover)
9781472953902 (trade paperback)
1472953908 (trade paperback)
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