Reviews
"An indispensable resource for middle and high school students and teachers.... With its up-to-date entries and easy-to-read style, [Elements] belongs in every science classroom, chemistry lab, and school and public library."--Science Books and Films, "A succinct introduction to the chemical elements.... This one-volume reference is a handy compendium that will complement the science collection of any school or public library."--Library Journal, "Each element of the periodic table is considered, citing its discovery,appearance in pure form, and abundance on Earth, and the chemical properties ofcommon compounds of the element.... Might attract readers to do more than justlook up a single element; they might find themselves reading the book from coverto cover."--VOYA, "A gold mine of...valuable information.... Rather than providing only the dry information of encyclopedias, this book is rich in background information about each element and is as informative as it is interesting to read."--The Science Teacher "An indispensable resource for middle and high school students and teachers.... With its up-to-date entries and easy-to-read style, [Elements] belongs in every science classroom, chemistry lab, and school and public library."--Science Books & Films "With this publication, readers, ages 10 and up, will be able to quickly find and review the important properties of each element without the difficulties of searching through a standard chemistry textbook. Material is presented in an interesting way, unencumbered by a mass of chemical equations and formulas."--Curriculum Administrator "An introductory chemical-literacy reference book that has separate articles on each of the 112 elements. Each one-to-five page entry has interesting accounts of the processes and personalities involved in the element's discovery, chemical and physical properties, reactions or nonreactions, and uses of common compounds.... Multiple colored and black-and-white photos illustrate nearly all of the articles and give up-to-date descriptions of the elements and their compounds.... An excellent introductory resource."--School Library Journal "A succinct introduction to the chemical elements.... This one-volume reference is a handy compendium that will complement the science collection of any school or public library."--Library Journal, "A gold mine of...valuable information.... Rather than providing only the dry information of encyclopedias, this book is rich in background information about each element and is as informative as it is interesting to read."--The Science Teacher"An indispensable resource for middle and high school students and teachers.... With its up-to-date entries and easy-to-read style, [Elements] belongs in every science classroom, chemistry lab, and school and public library."--Science Books & Films"With this publication, readers, ages 10 and up, will be able to quickly find and review the important properties of each element without the difficulties of searching through a standard chemistry textbook. Material is presented in an interesting way, unencumbered by a mass of chemical equations and formulas."--Curriculum Administrator"An introductory chemical-literacy reference book that has separate articles on each of the 112 elements. Each one-to-five page entry has interesting accounts of the processes and personalities involved in the element's discovery, chemical and physical properties, reactions or nonreactions, and uses of common compounds.... Multiple colored and black-and-white photos illustrate nearly all of the articles and give up-to-date descriptions of the elements and their compounds.... An excellent introductory resource."--School Library Journal"A succinct introduction to the chemical elements.... This one-volume reference is a handy compendium that will complement the science collection of any school or public library."--Library Journal, "An indispensable resource for middle and high school students andteachers.... With its up-to-date entries and easy-to-read style, [Elements]belongs in every science classroom, chemistry lab, and school and publiclibrary."--Science Books and Films, "The clearly written essays are filled with historical anecdotes and everyday examples.... An excellent resource that should be in every school and public library."--Science Activities, "An introductory chemical-literacy reference book that has separate articles on each of the 112 elements. Each one-to-five page entry has interesting accounts of the processes and personalities involved in the element's discovery, chemical and physical properties, reactions or nonreactions,and uses of common compounds.... Multiple colored and black-and-white photos illustrate nearly all of the articles and give up-to-date descriptions of the elements and their compounds.... An excellent introductory resource."--School Library Journal, "A succinct introduction to the chemical elements.... This one-volumereference is a handy compendium that will complement the science collection ofany school or public library."--Library Journal, "With this publication, readers, ages 10 and up, will be able to quickly find and review the important properties of each element without the difficulties of searching through a standard chemistry textbook. Material is presented in an interesting way, unencumbered by a mass of chemicalequations and formulas."--Curriculum Administrator, "Stwertka explains the periodic table, its history, and layout. He does soin easy-to-understand language without oversimplifying keyconcepts.."--Booklist, "A succinct introduction to the chemical elements....This one-volume reference is a handy compendium that will complement the science collection of any school or public library."--Library Journal, "A gold mine of...valuable information.... Rather than providing only the dry information of encyclopedias, this book is rich in background information about each element and is as informative as it is interesting to read."--The Science Teacher (NSTA), "With this publication, readers, ages 10 and up, will be able to quicklyfind and review the important properties of each element without thedifficulties of searching through a standard chemistry textbook. Material ispresented in an interesting way, unencumbered by a mass of chemical equationsand formulas."--Curriculum Administrator, "A gold mine of...valuable information.... Rather than providing only thedry information of encyclopedias, this book is rich in background informationabout each element and is as informative as it is interesting to read."--TheScience Teacher (NSTA), "A gold mine of...valuable information.... Rather than providing only the dry information of encyclopedias, this book is rich in background information about each element and is as informative as it is interesting to read."-- The Science Teacher "An indispensable resource for middle and high school students and teachers.... With its up-to-date entries and easy-to-read style, [ Elements ] belongs in every science classroom, chemistry lab, and school and public library."-- Science Books & Films "With this publication, readers, ages 10 and up, will be able to quickly find and review the important properties of each element without the difficulties of searching through a standard chemistry textbook. Material is presented in an interesting way, unencumbered by a mass of chemical equations and formulas."-- Curriculum Administrator "An introductory chemical-literacy reference book that has separate articles on each of the 112 elements. Each one-to-five page entry has interesting accounts of the processes and personalities involved in the element's discovery, chemical and physical properties, reactions or nonreactions, and uses of common compounds.... Multiple colored and black-and-white photos illustrate nearly all of the articles and give up-to-date descriptions of the elements and their compounds.... An excellent introductory resource."-- School Library Journal "A succinct introduction to the chemical elements.... This one-volume reference is a handy compendium that will complement the science collection of any school or public library."-- Library Journal, "The essential chemical properties of each element are detailed so thatperiodic trends may be easily seen.... Interesting and eye-catching, calculatedto hold the interest of a student who knows little about chemistry."--Journal ofChemical Education, "The essential chemical properties of each element are detailed so that periodic trends may be easily seen.... Interesting and eye-catching, calculated to hold the interest of a student who knows little about chemistry."--Journal of Chemical Education, "The clearly written essays are filled with historical anecdotes andeveryday examples.... An excellent resource that should be in every school andpublic library."--Science Activities, "Stwertka explains the periodic table, its history, and layout. He does so in easy-to-understand language without oversimplifying key concepts.."--Booklist, "Each element of the periodic table is considered, citing its discovery, appearance in pure form, and abundance on Earth, and the chemical properties of common compounds of the element.... Might attract readers to do more than just look up a single element; they might find themselves readingthe book from cover to cover."--VOYA, "An introductory chemical-literacy reference book that has separatearticles on each of the 112 elements. Each one-to-five page entry hasinteresting accounts of the processes and personalities involved in theelement's discovery, chemical and physical properties, reactions ornonreactions, and uses of common compounds.... Multiple colored andblack-and-white photos illustrate nearly all of the articles and give up-to-datedescriptions of the elements and their compounds.... An excellent introductoryresource."--School Library Journal
