The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe by Theodore Gray

Jan 31, 2013 Luke rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Elements by Theodore Gray is a fun way to learn about the elements. He is humorous and smart, (though some jokes are for people who already know some chemistry) it is very fun and I recommend this for anyone who wants to learn about the elements and anyone looking to teach about the elements. The language is not technical so you don't have to have a large vocabulary to understand what he's saying.

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Jan 18, 2013 Tyler rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is a great book with lots of very interesting information and amazing photos. I really like how much detailed information it gives about each and every element of the periodic table. There is a description of the element with some basic facts about what the element looks like, both pure and combined with other elements. The description also includes major properties of the element. After this, the author delves deeper into its uses in the real world, which I think is very interesting. He al...more

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Sep 25, 2012 John Jeffcoat iii rated it 4 of 5 stars

Many people simply fail to grasp the awesome simplicity of the fact that everything known to physically exist in the visible universe is made up of only about a hundred basic elements. While ancient civilizations conjectured that all matter was made of of some mix of fire, water, earth, and air... we have known for centuries that it is a little more complicated than that... yet it remains surprisingly simple. Theodore Gray has given us something far beyond a boring chemistry or geology textbook...more Many people simply fail to grasp the awesome simplicity of the fact that everything known to physically exist in the visible universe is made up of only about a hundred basic elements. While ancient civilizations conjectured that all matter was made of of some mix of fire, water, earth, and air... we have known for centuries that it is a little more complicated than that... yet it remains surprisingly simple. Theodore Gray has given us something far beyond a boring chemistry or geology textbook here... this is a visually compelling presentation of "matter for the masses". The reader is given an opportunity to see every element in its most pure and presentable form. Sometimes, this is easy: a piece of carbon, iron, nickel, tin, gold, silver, platinum, or palladium, can easy be photographed as a chunk of rock... but how do we photographically exemplify the simplest element: hydrogen? And what about more exotic members of the periodic table, like iridium, plutonium, or xenon? And how could we possibly "show" the most recently-discovered real estate on the periodic table... the mainly radioactive elements that not only do not occur naturally, but can only be made to exist in a laboratory for a tiny fraction of one second before rapidly undergoing an atomic change that renders them something else? The author does a great job of showing us all that can be shown, and helping us to visualize that which essentially cannot be shown. This book is basically a study of every physical thing known to exist, in a way that categorizes those building blocks of reality with style, flair, and intrigue. The only criticism I have of this book is that the author repeatedly hammers-home his own ecological agenda of criticism regarding the inefficiency of incandescent lighting. Of course, I agree with his argument to a point... but he goes a bit overboard in repetition regarding this one soap box issue. As Dennis Miller said, "I will never have fluorescent lighting in my living room, because I don't want my living room to look like an Eastern European stairwell in a fight scene from the Bourne Ultimatum." Having said that, I am hopeful that technology will soon advance toward efficient lighting that is both pleasant and efficient. But I digress... do not hold that one little thing against this book. It is a commendable work, and an excellent reference work for everyone from the home-schooler to the book collector to the science nut... like me.(less)

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Sep 02, 2011 Bill Kubeck rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

When I picked up this book in the library I skimmed the first couple of pages, looked at a random entry, and really liked what I saw. When I started reading it, I laughed out loud at the first line: "The periodic table is the universal catalog of everything you can drop on your foot."

But then things started to slip. Gray's humor is wildly uneven and mixes on-target wit with ham-fisted jokes and gratuitous insults aimed at anything he considers silly or stupid. This kind of arbitrary prejudice an...more

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Dec 30, 2010 Karissa rated it 5 of 5 stars

I am a chemist and have always been fascinated by the Periodic Table of Elements. So, imagine my excitement when I saw this book sitting in the bookstore. Not only does it provide information on all 118 elements in the Periodic Table, it does it in a way that is interesting, accessible, and beautiful. This is a book that makes you want to touch it and turn the pages, you just can't resist. The picture of the elements are colorful and intriguing; they are all featured on a stylish black backgroun...more I am a chemist and have always been fascinated by the Periodic Table of Elements. So, imagine my excitement when I saw this book sitting in the bookstore. Not only does it provide information on all 118 elements in the Periodic Table, it does it in a way that is interesting, accessible, and beautiful. This is a book that makes you want to touch it and turn the pages, you just can't resist. The picture of the elements are colorful and intriguing; they are all featured on a stylish black background...this is just a beautiful book.

Each element features a picture of the element in its purest form. The side of the page has a small strip that gives lots of technical data. The elements position on the periodic table is showm, atomic weight, density, atomic radius, crystal structure, electron order filing, atomic emissions spectrum, and state of matter are all given in this strip. The rest of the page is given over to a few paragraphs about the element. Then there are excellent pictures showing instances where the element is used and these pictures also have small descriptions. Most elements are given a two page spread, but some of the lucky elements get 4 pages!

In addition to the individual elements the beginning of the book discusses the different sections of the periodic table and how the periodic table of elements got its shape.

This is more of a coffee table book than an ultimate reference to the Periodic Table of Elements. Although it does provide a lot of information on the Elements. Much of the discussion on each Element is anecdotal and somewhat humorous. This makes the book an excellent reference for the layman interested in Elements, it also makes the book an entertaining read. You would have to go elsewhere to get into the gritty details of some of these elements though....for example if you were trying to synthesize something with them or something else deeply technical.

Overall I really loved this book. It is such an awesome book with such neat pictures. Everyone in the house from my computer loving husband to my three year old son has spent time looking through this book. It is just such an interesting book and it is presented in such a beautiful way. Not to mention it is even fun to read! I think everyone should have this book in their house; if nothing else it makes for interesting discussions as you see the bizarre forms of some of the elements.(less)

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Jul 21, 2010 Carol rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: chemistry students, anyone interested in and curious about the world

Recommended to Carol by: Jon Mitchell

I think I might go 4.5 stars on this if that were an option. This got great reviews and was recommended for purchase by Jon M., one of our science teachers. I sat down to catalog it yesterday and ended up pretty much reading the whole thing. It has been many a year since I had to think about Chemistry, but even if I had zero background in the subject I think I still would have found the book fascinating.

First of all, it's just a thing of beauty - black background pages with photos that just pop

...more I think I might go 4.5 stars on this if that were an option. This got great reviews and was recommended for purchase by Jon M., one of our science teachers. I sat down to catalog it yesterday and ended up pretty much reading the whole thing. It has been many a year since I had to think about Chemistry, but even if I had zero background in the subject I think I still would have found the book fascinating.

First of all, it's just a thing of beauty - black background pages with photos that just pop out at you (more on that later), of objects made from each element. There's also a chunk of text spelling out the most intriguing tidbits about the properties and history of the element in question, always ending with a clever segue into the next element. (While I imagine some might find that to be a little forced by the time the last element rolls around, I really enjoyed the humor, and it also served to reinforce the importance of the placement of the elements in the table; just as with the Dewey Decimal System, similar topics/elements sit side-by-side ).

Speaking of humor, there were several places where I found myself laughing out loud, e.g., under the description for europium: "With the invention of europeum-based red phosphors, color television could suddenly become bright and vibrant, thus contributing even more effectively to the rotting of children's minds the world over."

Now about that 3-D effect... If you go to the author's website (periodictable.com) you can see the photographic periodic table and click on the element of most interest to you. There, you can view a video of the object of your choice rotating in space, and/or move it around with your keyboard. But, to go one step even better, for those of you with iPads you can install an app that lets you access the book and turn the objects around using your finger! I do appreciate it when a technology is used for something it is uniquely suited to do, and this seems to be such an instance. Can't wait to try it on an iPad - Sharan?

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Jul 02, 2010 Chris rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: education, science, top-shelf

When I was a kid, my father had the entire Time/Life science series. For you young whippersnappers, Time/Life books were educational series that covered all kinds of topics - history, science, literature, you name it. The idea was that you sign up and they send you books, once a month, until the series was finished or you decided you no longer wanted to receive it.

The Science series focused on, of course, science, with books devoted to every facet of physics, medicine, chemistry, biology.... It...more When I was a kid, my father had the entire Time/Life science series. For you young whippersnappers, Time/Life books were educational series that covered all kinds of topics - history, science, literature, you name it. The idea was that you sign up and they send you books, once a month, until the series was finished or you decided you no longer wanted to receive it.

The Science series focused on, of course, science, with books devoted to every facet of physics, medicine, chemistry, biology.... It was a fantastic compendium of human knowledge in those pre-internet days, and I just loved it. I learned about how traveling at lightspeed squashes things by reading a story about spies chasing each other on the Lightspeed Express. I learned about how different drugs affect the mind and body. I learned about how important the wheel was, what water could do, and how the food we eat determines almost everything about our lives.

My favorite volume of all of them was titled Matter, and it was about all the stuff there is. At the center of it was a pictorial representation of all the elements known to science in 1968. Everything from Hydrogen to Uranium and beyond. I could pore over those pages for hours, amazed by the idea that these things were all there was, made up everything around me. Learning that just six of them (Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Calcium and Phosphorus) made up most of, well, me was just mind-bending.

I don't know where that book is now - probably in a box at my mother's house - but the effect that it had on me has lasted ever since my childhood. In fact, as I was researching this review, I found the place that sells coins stamped from elemental metals and got completely distracted by the struggle to not buy any of them. So that's how Time/Life made me into a science nerd. Nevertheless, I was thrilled when I saw this book, and had to snap it up as soon as I could. It cost a whole lot less than a 1/10 troy ounce Rhodium coin

Theodore Gray is an element hunter - something I didn't even know existed when I was a kid. He has made a hobby of trying to collect samples of every element that is is possible to (legally) own, and he's even built a special table to hold them all. A periodic table, as it were, which won him the IgNobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002. He and Nick Mann went through the collection to make outstanding, high-quality photographs and compile them into a fantastic book about "everything you can drop on your foot."

It starts, of course, with a basic rundown of what an element is - a substance made of only one type of atom - and what the Periodic Table is - an organization of the elements by their common properties. There's also a page explaining the physics behind the shape of the table, what an "electron filling order" is, and why the atomic emission spectrum is so important. Fortunately for us non-professionals, he does this is a way that is amusing and understandable. Gray knows that his audience isn't professional chemists or grad students - it's people like me. People who are fans of science, but who, for one reason or another, never got into the real nitty-gritty of it. All of this means that it's a book you can enjoy even if you remember nothing from high school chemistry other than "BIFF=WANG." [1:]

The book starts, of course, at hydrogen, the element that makes the sun burn ("Even at night," alleges the author, but I'll believe that when I see it) and ends with Ununoctium, which will no doubt get a proper name once those crazy kids in the high-energy physics lab get around to assembling it. It includes the spectre of the modern age, Uranium, and its evil twin Plutonium. There's Carbon, without which none of us would be here, and Arsenic, which does a fine job of seeing to it that we cease to be. There's Iron, which we use in abundance, and Dysprosium, which has almost no uses that you've ever heard of. Cesium tells us what time it is, and Krypton, which used to tell us how long things were (before we figured out the speed of light.) Strontium and Calcium, Sodium and Americium, Gold, Silver, Copper and Lead - every element is in here, waiting for you.

They're accompanied by wonderful photographs that illustrate the applications of each element, as well as diagrams showing its emission spectrum, crystal structure, and other information that you may or may not be interested in. Regardless of how much you know about chemistry, you should find this to be a fascinating and enjoyable book. Moreover, if you have kids and you want them to be exposed to science in a way that engages their fascination and imagination, then this is the book for you. Just be ready to raise a science nerd, and if they ask for an elemental coin for their birthday, remember - Lead isn't just for toys anymore!

[1:] Thanks, Mr. Hiza!(less)

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Apr 27, 2010 Some Small Silence rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: nonfiction

I am a tutor at a nationally recognized tutoring center. One of our brightest students brought this book in to work with as an enrichment product. I will freely admit that I am generally not an enormous fan of hard science, and was a bit hesitant when I was first faced with it. I'm a history major, and I chose the topic for my Marine Biology term paper based on the fact that Sea Otters are really cute. That's why I was quite surprised when I found this book fascinating. Its blend of valuable sci...more

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Jan 12, 2010 Heather rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: non-fiction, science

What can I say? The Periodic Table has never seemed so cool in this gorgeously photographed coffee table book.

This is not a reference work, although it does contain basic information on each element like its position in the periodic table, atomic weight, density, atomic radius, crystal structure, electron filling order, atomic emission spectrum, and state of matter (solid/liquid/gas) vs temperature.

Instead .. it is a work to inspire wonder with first-rate, brilliantly-lit photographs for almos...more

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Nov 28, 2011 Catelyn rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: owned

I love this book so much, it's ridiculous. As someone who spent most of high school and college trying to like science and failing (often in more than one way--I'm looking at you, Organic Chemistry!), as in adult I've come to love books that make science interesting. I've been into pop-physics lately, and occasionally the history of math, and like those, this book really makes me wonder why science education is so damn boring. Every Chem class I took felt so overwhelmingly dry and irrelevant, wh...more

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Jan 02, 2013 Scott Klemm rated it 5 of 5 stars

This type of book might seem to be an unlikely candidate for a review on Goodreads. Reading a book describing the various elements listed on the periodic table sounds as exciting as reading a Merriam-Webster dictionary. Actually this book is nicely illustrated and very interesting. The author, Theodore Gray, has an odd hobby of collecting every known element that is “not forbidden by the laws of physics or the laws of men.” His book pictures the actual pure element (when possible) and mineral sp...more This type of book might seem to be an unlikely candidate for a review on Goodreads. Reading a book describing the various elements listed on the periodic table sounds as exciting as reading a Merriam-Webster dictionary. Actually this book is nicely illustrated and very interesting. The author, Theodore Gray, has an odd hobby of collecting every known element that is “not forbidden by the laws of physics or the laws of men.” His book pictures the actual pure element (when possible) and mineral specimens that contain the element. Some of these specimens, photographed against a black background, are quite beautiful. In additions, there are pictures of things made from each of the elements. One such object shown under niobium was confiscated by the FBI. It was a niobium-alloy rocket engine nozzle. He still has the picture in his book even though he no longer possesses the object.

An earlier reviewer was annoyed by Gray’s sense of humor in what he thought should be a serious scientific book. As a non-scientist with a meager background in chemistry, I found his humor and frequent anecdotal insertions refreshing. They made his book fun and an easier read. Here’s an example of Gray’s light-hearted take on the element zirconium. After describing how it has been used on grinding wheels, he says: “Ah, but wait – like many gruff and manly things, zirconium has a secret gentle side. Zirconium dioxide in cubic crystal form is known as cubic zirconia … Really, people should stop thinking of cubic zirconia as fake diamond and start thinking of diamond as overpriced cubic zirconia. There is no real difference in how pretty they are – that’s just imagination fueled by having paid way too much for a plain, colorless rock.”

Some of the illustrations portray objects that are antique. Under thorium, a radioactive element, are pictures of a thoriated toothpaste “no longer made, thankfully,” and an empty bottle of Radithor Certified Radioactive Water whose cork still sets off a Geiger counter. Gray adds the following anecdote. “A ‘health’ drink called Radithor, which contained substantial amounts of radium (88) and thorium, is what finally put a stop, in 1932, to widespread use of radioactive quack medical products. Eben Byers was a wealthy playboy industrialist who drank three bottles of Radithor a day. On his death the headline in the Wall Street Journal read “The Radium Water Worked Fine until His Jaw Came Off.”
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Jun 01, 2011 Wendy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-reads, non-fiction, i-feel-smarter-now

Beautiful and informative book!

Didn't quite get to read all the details for every element as my library would only part with this book for 24 hours. The author included tons of factoids, some more interesting than others. While his tone was sometimes amusing, it was also occasionally annoying; for example, when he thinks an element or its application is stupid, he has no problem saying so, and I found this arrogance a bit grating. I also didn't like how the author tried to transition from eleme...more

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Jun 18, 2012 MR. D. rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: nonfiction, summer-2012

With lines like "Sodium is the most explosive, and the best tasting, of all the alkali metals (the elements from the first column of the periodic table)" (Gray 35) or transitional lines such as "White phosphorus--toxic, pyrophoric, and used mainly in war--is fairly close to pure evil, though if it were judge purely on the basis of smell that contest would be won by sulfur" (45), it's hard to imagine anyone ever topping Theodore Gray's beautiful book about all the elements in which our world is m...more

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Feb 09, 2012 Kipahni rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, publiclibrarybooks, science-for-the-simple

Wonderful photos. While reading this I pondered an amazing question. What happeneds when we run out of an element, or is there x amount of elements in the world and when you burn it up or use it up does it just recycle itself? Obviously we can speed up the making of an element (carbon) but will there be some major shift in the planet if say we have no more helium, or gold?
I am sure there is an answer to these questions that I missed in Chemistry 101. So as luch would have it I met a Physicist an...more

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Nov 25, 2012 Steve rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2012, science

I hadn't intended to "read" a largely illustrated book, but with "The Elements: so well done there was no question to make an exception.

Very appealing book with lots of science, science trivia and plain old fun between the covers.

For years we've had a framed copy of the oversized poster that corresponds with the book, you end up with wall hangings like this with a household that includes Chemists and Chemical Engineers. Received the book as a gift to our lady chemist, and all of us have enjoyed...more

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Feb 15, 2013 Stuart Noble rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: science

The best way to sum up this book is Element porn! A visual guide to all of the 118 known elements (ok some aren't visual) with information and pictures of what the elements look like and can be used for. Also has information on the atomic structure of each element. Written in an entertaining style (the author describes the alkali metals as "fun to throw into lakes!) and is full of great facts such as how gallium can be turned from a solid to a liquid if you hold it in your hands of a short while...more

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Nov 02, 2012 Kellie rated it 5 of 5 stars

I received this book from Roger (my significant other) because I love science, plain and simple. I'm a non-practicing geologist (auto-immune crap that has me disabled) but my love for science never falters. I saw this wonderfully illustrated book over a year ago and have coveted it ever since. Now I have it.

The author is quite humorous in his descriptions of the elements (their usefulness or lack thereof.) He doesn't hesitate to inject his own opinion into the naming of the elements, why some sh...more

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Jul 20, 2012 Stella ☢FAYZ☢ Chen rated it 4 of 5 stars

What happens when you have to sit through 75 minutes of ramblings in one of your grade 12 class?

You borrow this book from your friend and read it, of course.

This book had some awesome images and taught me more than that class did. Now don't go on thinking I'm a slacker or anything. I did take down the notes my professor wrote on the board throughout the semester...all ten pages of it. Since I had no phones to read Harry Potter fanfictions or play Bejewelled on *cough Heather and Amy cough*, I bo...more

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Apr 13, 2013 Becca Warner rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-wrote-reviews-on

My brother bought this book for me, because he got one for himself and thought it would be nice to buy one for me too. It turns out that this book is incredible! It shows so many different pictures of all the elements, all photographed very well. I thought that it was pretty cool that I could see what all the elements look like. I also think it's cool that it shows what some of the elements make. Some of the products I already knew, but others are some I was suprised to find out about. I just ho...more

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Jun 02, 2010 Ollie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Matthew Ward suggested this book with high recommendations. I really wished I had had this book for my high school chemistry. It is a delightful read and the author's wit makes this book a delight to read. An example of his wit from Scandium (21) Scandium is used to make strong metals and bright lights....Metal-halide lighting is used where large amounts of light are needed, on streets and in warehouses and megastores. It is more efficient than any other common light source except sodium vapor,...more

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Dec 11, 2011 Cindy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Great pictures of the elements, brief description of the importance of each element, plus a bit of scientific information for the geek. If you go the the website at www.periodictable.com, you can order customized posters. For example, the poster of my name has carbon (C), iodine (I), neodymium (Nd), and yttrium (y). Carbon is represented by diamond and the iodine was heated on a white plate and has a nice purple fume. It is a very cool poster. It hangs in my office at work, where most of my cowo...more

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Mar 25, 2012 Warren Shanks rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: non-fiction

I won a copy through Goodreads First Reads.

A fun look at the elements. The book is exactly as its title suggests - a visual exploration. Tons of outstanding images show the elements themselves as well as many of their interesting applications and compounds. The author keeps to a lighthearted tone throughout the book, explaining characteristics and uses for each element while peppering in some humor.

Since having a chance to play with Magnesium in my middle school chemistry class, it has always...more

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Mar 01, 2012 Garrett Mccutcheon rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: physical-sciences

An enlightening exploration of the elements that make up our world. Beautiful images accompany a handful of relevant facts about each element. The prose descriptions are generally lacking in scientific explanation or historical context, instead the author opts for a more friendly everyman's description of the elements. I felt the author was stretching to be humorous, and often fell flat. Also, the amount of real scientific data presented was scant. Overall, the book is a good introduction to the...more

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Jul 20, 2012 faelinwolf rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: librarylove

I really enjoyed this book for what I learned about the elements and what they are used for and in. Not being a hard science person, I was occasionally lost in the scientific terms and processes, but managed to figure out what I needed to understand. What I did not appreciate was the author's occasional comments that supported his "science is superior to all" attitude and ridicule of those who had beliefs or ideas outside those that are scientific. He also seemed to insult people who created pro...more

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Nov 19, 2012 Rebecca rated it 4 of 5 stars

I love this book. I have always been interested in the elements and have read several books about them but this one is different from the rest. It gives you a lot of technical information like the emission spectrum, atomic weight, and lots of other numbers and diagrams that will satisfy any science geek. The information on what it is used for, where to find it, who first discovered it, how they got their names and other tidbits is interesting and written by someone who clearly loves his topic an...more

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Feb 01, 2012 Kay Mcgriff rated it 5 of 5 stars

If there were ever going to be a book (besides Moby Dick) that I wouldn’t like, The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe (Black Dog and Leventhal 2009) by Theodore Gray, would probably be it. Come one–the periodic table? All I remember from school about it is that I had to memorize an awful lot of element names, numbers and symbols and then try to balance them in equations. Ugh.

Fortunately, Theodore Gray opens up much more in this exploration of, well, everything. F...more

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Oct 17, 2012 Warnie B. rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: non-fiction, photography, science-nature, read-in-2012

Three stars, with reservations. I thought the presentation was great--it's really interesting to see photographs of the elements in their natural states and/or in some of their various applications (except in the case of the last bunch), and I definitely learned some things. But honestly, I feel like Gray's writing really gets in the way. Every now and then it's somewhat amusing, but mostly I just found his jokes obnoxious or kind of dumb, and I got really tired of hearing about how terrible old...more

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Dec 09, 2011 Joel rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: hard-science, worth-rereading, photography

And it comes with a poster! Theodore Gray has produced a beautifully designed, enthralling book with double page spreads depicting most of the elements of the periodic table. A metallurgist & collector of chemical elements, he writes with humor, enthusiasm, & authority. The left spread is a photo of an element with its chemical symbol, while the right spread provides the element's name, atomic weight, chemical spectrum, melting & boiling points, etc. This page also features photos of...more

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Jul 13, 2011 Rebecca rated it 5 of 5 stars

An extremely beautiful coffee table book for geeks!

It's delightful, going through the elements one at a time and readying cute trivia about them and what makes them unique. The author doesn't try to educate the reader about the atomic details (which would be, you know, boring!) but does a great job at making the science understandable to lay people.

I'm working my way through the periodic table four or five elements at a time and really enjoying it. Also, the pictures are beautiful.

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Feb 24, 2013 Chris rated it 5 of 5 stars

I loved this book and took it to my grade six class, hoping that some of the kids would find it interesting. It was the most borrowed book from my classroom library, and soon it was so well-used that Au (gold) was falling out of the book. I decided to get a second copy for home. Then, a student gave me a third copy (softcover version) as a gift. This is a truly excellent and beautiful book.

By the way, one of those grade 6 students ended up buying a copy for himself - awesome.

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