The Elements We Live by: How Iron Helps Us Breathe, Potassium Lets Us See, and Other Surprising Superpowers of the Periodic Table by Anja Røyne

The Elements We Live by: How Iron Helps Us Breathe, Potassium Lets Us See, and Other Surprising Superpowers of the Periodic Table

Anja Røyne

224 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction science informative slow-paced

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The periodic table as you've never seen it before--starring the elements that power our bodies and our way of life Some elements get all the attention: glittering gold, radioactive uranium--materials we call "precious" because they are so rare. B...

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