ISBN10: 024114065X, ISBN13: 9780241140659, [publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London] Softcover In this book, Paul Strathern, the award-winning novelist and expositor of complex ideas, unravels the dramatic history of chemistry through the quest for the elements. Framing this history is the life-story of the 19th century Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleyev, who fell asleep at this desk and awoke after dreaming of the Periodic Table - the template upon which modern chemistry is founded, and the formulation of which marked chemistry's coming of age as a science. From ancient philosophy, through medieval alchemy to the splitting of the atom, this is the true story of the birth of chemistry and the role of one man's dream. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
[Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2000]

ISBN10: 024114065X, ISBN13: 9780241140659, [publisher: HAMISH HAMILTON LTD] Hardcover Dust jacket has light scratches and outer edges have minor scuffs. Book content is in like new condition.
[Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2000]