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Comic Strip Science: The Periodic Table - Meet the Elements with Laughs and Surprises. Perfect for kids who love jokes, science and strange-but-true facts!
Get ready to explore the wild side of chemistry. Comic Strip Science: The Periodic Table is packed with funny comic strips and fascinating facts that bring the elements to life for curious kids aged 8 and up.
Discover which element started a war between dentists, why diamonds aren't forever, and the weird story of how phosphorus was found (spoiler: it's pretty gross!). Each comic strip tells a silly science story, with extra diagrams and panels to help you dig deeper into the periodic table.
Illustrated by Jess Bradley, winner of the 2021 Blue Peter Award for Best Non-Fiction and a regular contributor to The Phoenix Comic.
Also available in the series: Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Space, Physics.
Contents
1: INTRODUCTION
1: THE TABLE OF EVERYTHING
1: THE PERIODIC TABLE
1: TODAY'S TABLE
1: WHAT IS AN ELEMENT?
1: THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF EVERYTHING
1: PROFESSOR MENDELEEV'S GREAT IDEA INVENTING THE PERIODIC TABLE
1: ALKALI AND ALKALINE EARTH METALS WELL, MOSTLY METALS
1: A TERRIBLE TALE OF THE LIGHTEST ELEMENT HYDROGEN
1: THE METAL ALL LIVING THINGS NEED SODIUM
1: THE METAL MAKING YOU WORK
1: CALCIUM
1: TRANSITION METALS HARD, HEAVY METAL
1: THE AMALGAM WAR MERCURY
1: METAL FROM THE SKY IRON
1: WELCOME, STRANGER! GOLD
1: METALLOIDS, ORDINARY METALS AND NON-METALS
1: AMAZING JOURNEY OF A CARBON ATOM CARBON
1: THE EMPEROR'S SPECIAL PLATES ALUMINIUM
1: COLOUR-BLIND SCIENCE
1: INDIUM
1: FROM SAND TO SUPERCOMPUTERS
1: SILICON
1: THE SEARCH FOR EVERLASTING LIFE IN ... WEE PHOSPHORUS
1: TAKING RECYCLING AND REUSE TOO FAR ANTIMONY
1: ELIZABETH I AND HER KILLER MAKEUP
1: LEAD
1: DEATH BY WALLPAPER
1: ARSENIC
1: FEEDING THE WORLD ON ... AIR?
1: NITROGEN
1: THE FRIENDLIEST ELEMENT?
1: OXYGEN
1: THE STINKIEST ELEMENT
1: SULFUR
1: HALOGENS AND NOBLE GASES
1: CLEAN ... BUT ALSO DEADLY
1: CHLORINE
1: THE ELEMENT THAT'S LIGHTER THAN AIR HELIUM
1: LANTHANIDES LANTHANUM
1: ACTINIDES
1: URANIUM
1: Glossary
1: Index
