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Part I, Orientation: Column by Column, Row by Row
1. Geography Is Destiny
2. Near Twins and Black Sheep: The Genealogy of Elements 3. The Galápagos of the Periodic Table Part II, Making Atoms, Breaking Atoms
4. Where Atoms Come From: “We Are All Star Stuff ”
5. Elements in Times of War 6. Completing the Table . . . with a Bang 7. Extending the Table, Expanding the Cold War Part III, Periodic Confusion: The Emergence of Complexity
8. From Physics to Biology
9. Poisoner’s Corridor: “Ouch-Ouch” 10. Take Two Elements, Call Me in the Morning 11. How Elements Deceive Part IV, The Elements of Human Character
12. Political Elements
13. Elements as Money 14. Artistic Elements 15. An Element of Madness Part V, Element Science Today and Tomorrow
16. Chemistry Way, Way Below Zero
17. Spheres of Splendor: The Science of Bubbles 18. Tools of Ridiculous Precision 19. Above (and Beyond) the Periodic Table |
