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Exploring the Elements

A Complete Guide to the Periodic Table
By Isabel Thomas
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Exploring the Elements by Isabel Thomas is a captivating children's book that takes readers on a journey through the periodic table. It introduces each element with fascinating facts and vivid illustrations, making complex scientific concepts engaging and accessible for young readers. The book aims to spark curiosity and inspire budding chemists.
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Format: Hardback
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You might enjoy this engaging children's book if you're curious about the building blocks of our world, as it brings the periodic table to life with vivid illustrations and fascinating facts. It's perfect for young readers with a budding interest in science, offering an accessible and colourful introduction to elements, their properties, and their roles in everyday life.

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Exploring the Elements

A graphically stunning, comprehensive introduction to the chemical elements that make up our universe

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This artful and accessible guide to the periodic table—the ultimate reference tool for scientists worldwide—names all 118 chemical elements and helps young readers understand the remarkable ways we have learned to use them.

Graphically stunning layouts feature each element's letter symbol and atomic number, exploring its attributes, characteristics, uses, and interesting stories behind its discovery.

Complete with a comprehensive introduction, conclusion, and glossary, Exploring the Elements is the perfect introduction to chemistry for inquisitive minds.

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Exploring the Elements by Isabel Thomas is praised for its ability to engage young readers in the wonders of chemistry. Reviews highlight its potential to ignite an interest in science, with Kirkus Reviews suggesting it could inspire future chemists. Additionally, My Baba commends the book as a comprehensive introduction to the periodic table, making it a valuable resource for children.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781838661601

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 18 November 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd

Contributors:

  • By Sara Gillingham

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 229.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 930g

Pages: 224

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Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Isabel Thomas

About the Author

Award-winning art director and designer Sara Gillingham created Alpha Bravo Charlie, Boats Are Busy, Seeing Stars and Animals in the Sky with Phaidon. She lives in British Columbia. Science writer and children s author Isabel Thomas is a winner of the AAAS/Subaru Children's Book Prize and has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, the ASE Science Book of the Year, and the Blue Peter Book Awards.

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