"Chemical elements." . . "Chemistry Popular works." . . "Chemie." . . "Chimie Ouvrages de vulgarisation." . . "Alchimie." . . . . "Discoveries in science." . . "Chimie Histoire." . . "Discoveries in science History." . . "Éléments chimiques." . . "Chemistry History." . . "SCIENCE Chemistry General." . . "Découvertes scientifiques Histoire." . . "The last alchemist in Paris : & other curious tales from chemistry"@en . . . . . . . "The last alchemist in Paris and other curious tales from chemistry" . . . . . . "Last alchemist in Paris and other curious tales from chemistry"@en . . . . "Last alchemist in paris : and other curious tales from chemistry" . . . . . . . "The last alchemist of Paris and other curious tales from chemistry" . "This is a book about discovery and disaster, exploitation and invention, warfare and science - and the relationship between human beings and the chemical elements that make up our planet. Lars Ohrstrom introduces us to a variety of elements from S to Pb through tales of ordinary and extraordinary people from around the globe. We meet African dictators controlling vital supplies of uranium; eighteenth-century explorers searching out sources of precious metals; industrial spiesstealing the secrets of steel-making. We find out why the Hindenburg airship was tragically filled with hydrogen, not he..." . "The last alchemist in Paris & other curious tales from chemistry" . "The last alchemist in Paris & other curious tales from chemistry"@en . . "\"This is a book about discovery and disaster, exploitation and invention, warfare and science--and the relationship between human beings and the chemical elements that make up our planet. Lars Öhrström introduces us to a variety of elements from S to Pb through tales of ordinary and extraordinary people from around the globe. We meet African dictators controlling vital supplies of uranium; eighteenth-century explorers searching out sources of precious metals; industrial spies stealing the secrets of steel-making. We find out why the Hindenburg airship was tragically filled with hydrogen, not helium; why nail-varnish remover played a key part in World War I; and the real story behind the legend of tin buttons and the downfall of Napoleon. In each chapter, we find out about the distinctive properties of each element and the concepts and principles that have enabled scientists to put it to practical use.\"--Publisher's website."@en . . . "Beispielsammlung" . . . . . . . . "\"This is a book about discovery and disaster, exploitation and invention, warfare and science--and the relationship between human beings and the chemical elements that make up our planet. Lars Öhrström introduces us to a variety of elements from S to Pb through tales of ordinary and extraordinary people from around the globe. We meet African dictators controlling vital supplies of uranium; eighteenth-century explorers searching out sources of precious metals; industrial spies stealing the secrets of steel-making. We find out why the Hindenburg airship was tragically filled with hydrogen, not helium; why nail-varnish remover played a key part in World War I; and the real story behind the legend of tin buttons and the downfall of Napoleon. In each chapter, we find out about the distinctive properties of each element and the concepts and principles that have enabled scientists to put it to practical use.\"--Site de l'éditeur." . . "Popular works" . "Popular works"@en . . "Electronic books"@en . "Electronic books" . . . . "Last alchemist in Paris & other curious tales from chemistry" . "The last alchemist in Paris : and other curious tales from chemistry" . . . . "This is a book about discovery and disaster, exploitation and invention, warfare and science - and the relationship between human beings and the chemical elements that make up our planet. Lars Ohrstrom introduces us to a variety of elements from S to Pb through tales of ordinary and extraordinary people from around the globe. We meet African dictators controlling vital supplies of uranium; eighteenth-century explorers searching out sources of precious metals; industrial spiesstealing the secrets of steel-making. We find out why the Hindenburg airship was tragically filled with hydrogen, not he."@en . . "La 4eme de couv. indique : \"This is a book about discovery and disaster, exploitation and invention, warfare and science, and the relationship between human beings and the chemical elements that make up our planet. It is an introduction to chemistry as you never thaught it at school.\"" . "History"@en . "History" . "The last alchemist in Paris : & other curious tales from chemistry" . "Chemistry." . . "Periodic law." . . "Éléments (chimie)." . . "Popular Science and Mathematics." . .