chemical elements

Provides an introduction to elements, atomic structure, and the periodic table, discusses the discovery and properties of nitrogen and the elements of Group 14, and looks at the importance and use of nitrogen in everyday life.

Explains how elements and compounds are formed, describes several types and their physical properties, and presents several related experiments that can be performed at home.

Provides an introduction to the discovery, occurrence, and uses of chemical elements.

Introduces children to the periodic table of elements.

Describes the periodic table's history, its numbers and symbols, and its three large groups of elements.

Presents a history of chemistry, including the life and works of great chemists, how the Periodic Table came to be, mysteries yet to be solved, and a fold-out timeline.

Explores intriguing tales about every element of the periodic table, sharing their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, evil, love, the arts, and the lives of the colorful scientists who discovered them.

Describes the history of the periodic table; examines the elements, including alkali and alkaline earth metals, transition metals, lanthanides, halogens, noble gases, and others; and provides a table of atomic masses.