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Mystery of the Periodic Table

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ISBN-10: 188393771X

ISBN-13: 9781883937713

Edition: 2003

Authors: Benjamin Wiker, Jeanne Bendick, Ted Schluenderfritz

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List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Publication date: 5/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 170
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Calvin Miller (1936-2012) was a professor at Beeson Divinity School. The beloved author of more than forty books, Miller was also well known as a poet, artist, novelist and speaker. His later works included Preaching (Baker), O Shepherd Where Art Thou? (Broadman & Holman) and Conversations with Jesus (Harvest House). He summed up his rule of life in four words: "Time is a gift."Benjamin Wiker (Ph.D., Vanderbilt), is a full-time writer and senior fellow of Discovery Institute in Seattle, Washington. His work has appeared in such publications as First Things, National Catholic Register, Crisis, Catholic World Report and the New Oxford Review. Books he has written include Moral Darwinism and…    

Jeanne Bendick was born February 25, 1919, in New York City. Her grandfather taught her how to draw as she grew up. Bendick has written and illustrated over 100 books as well as scripts for TV and movies. Bendick has a talent for science drawings. Her illustrations show readers how science relates to daily life. Her books include: The First Book of Space Travel, Along Came Galileo, Herodotus and the Road to History, Archimedes and the Door of Science, and Why Things Work: A Book about Energy. Bendick is quoted as saying, "If I were a fairy godmother, my gift to every child would be curiosity."

The Puzzle
The First Chemists?
Earth, Air, Fire, Water
The Alchemists
"This Spirit, Hitherto Unknown"
The Atomists Return
The Strange Tale of Phlogiston, the Element That Wasn't
Mr. Priestly Clears Things Up
Mr. Cavendish and Inflammable Air
Chemistry's French Revolution
A Revolution in Names
"Nature Never Creates Other Than Balance in Hand"
Mr. Dalton and His Atoms
The Shocking Mr. Davy
Guy-Lussac and Avogadro to the Rescue
Things Fall into Place: Triads and Octaves
The Mystery Solved
The Mystery Continues
Glossary
Elements Listed by Date of Discovery