Wonderful Life with the Elements The Periodic Table Personified

Name: Wonderful Life with the Elements The Periodic Table Personified
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ISBN: 9781593274238

ISBN-10: 1593274238

ISBN-13: 9781593274238

Edition: 2012

Authors: Bunpei Yorifuji

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Wonderful Life with the Elements is a fun and mildly insane adventure through the periodic table of the elements. The perfect gift for geeks, Japanophiles, nerdy kids, and anyone interested in science, the book illustrates the key characteristics of each element with wit and humor. Famed Japanese artist Bunpei Yorifuji dissects the elements in an eccentric way, using cartoon humans to represent each element and its chemical properties. For example, heavy elements are fat; synthetic elements are robots; and the noble gasses all have Afros. Readers discover each element's important properties, such as density, atomic number, and boiling point, as well as fun, lesser-known characteristics such…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: No Starch Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/12/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 5.98" wide x 6.93" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Japanese artist Bunpei Yorifuji is well-known for his series of humorous ads for the Tokyo metro, Do It At Home, which show riders doing inappropriate activities on the subway. He is the author of several books in Japanese, includingMilk CenturyandThe Catalogue of Death.