The Mystery of the Periodic Table

Benjamin D. Wiker Benjamin Wiker Jeanne Bendick First published 2003

About this book

This book describes how curious people discovered the elements that are today known collectively as the periodic table. Various chapters describe the methodical science, accidents, and coincidences that led people to acknowledge a variety of invisible, nearly undetectable substances that make up our universe. Appropriate for Middle School and older readers.

Subjects

chemical elements
chemistry
children: grades 4-6
children's books/ages 9-12 fiction
children's historical non-fiction
history
history of chemistry
history of science & technology
how-it-was-made
inorganic chemistry
juvenile fiction
juvenile literature
juvenile non-fiction
living history library
mysteries, espionage, & detective stories
periodic law
periodic table
science
science history
science & technology
tables