John Emsley won the Science Book prize in 1995 for his Consumer's Good Chemical Guide, and followed this with a series of popular science books: Molecules at an Exhibition, Was it Something You Ate? (co-authored with P. Fell), and The Shocking History of Phosphorus, all of which have been translated into many other languages. After 20 years as a researcher and lecturer in chemistry at London University, he became a freelance writer, as well as Science Writer in Residence, first at Imperial College London and then at Cambridge University. In 2003 he was awarded the German Chemical Society's Writer's Award.

My favourite non-fiction book

• Preface ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; The elements (A-Z) ; The periodic table ; Appendix: the discovery of the elements in chronological order ; Bibliography ; Lists of elements and atomic numbers ; Index

1. 5/5

   Riktigt bra bok om grundämnena

   Boken innehåller mycket information om grundämnena. Historia kring upptäckterna, grundämnenas användning i olika sammanhang. Hur periodiska systemet som vi känner det utvecklades.

   Kemisten

   12 januari 2018

John Emsley won the Science Book prize in 1995 for his Consumer's Good Chemical Guide, and followed this with a series of popular science books: Molecules at an Exhibition, Was it Something You Ate? (co-authored with P. Fell), and The Shocking History of Phosphorus, all of which have been translated into many other languages. After 20 years as a researcher and lecturer in chemistry at London University, he became a freelance writer, as well as Science Writer in Residence, first at Imperial College London and then at Cambridge University. In 2003 he was awarded the German Chemical Society's Writer's Award.

My favourite non-fiction book

• Preface ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; The elements (A-Z) ; The periodic table ; Appendix: the discovery of the elements in chronological order ; Bibliography ; Lists of elements and atomic numbers ; Index

1. 5/5

   Riktigt bra bok om grundämnena

   Boken innehåller mycket information om grundämnena. Historia kring upptäckterna, grundämnenas användning i olika sammanhang. Hur periodiska systemet som vi känner det utvecklades.

   Kemisten

   12 januari 2018

John Emsley won the Science Book prize in 1995 for his Consumer's Good Chemical Guide, and followed this with a series of popular science books: Molecules at an Exhibition, Was it Something You Ate? (co-authored with P. Fell), and The Shocking History of Phosphorus, all of which have been translated into many other languages. After 20 years as a researcher and lecturer in chemistry at London University, he became a freelance writer, as well as Science Writer in Residence, first at Imperial College London and then at Cambridge University. In 2003 he was awarded the German Chemical Society's Writer's Award.

My favourite non-fiction book

• Preface ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; The elements (A-Z) ; The periodic table ; Appendix: the discovery of the elements in chronological order ; Bibliography ; Lists of elements and atomic numbers ; Index

1. 5/5

   Riktigt bra bok om grundämnena

   Boken innehåller mycket information om grundämnena. Historia kring upptäckterna, grundämnenas användning i olika sammanhang. Hur periodiska systemet som vi känner det utvecklades.

   Kemisten

   12 januari 2018