Explains the historical development of the periodic table, explains why elements are given specific positions on the table, and includes a tour of the table, illustrating the similarities of blocks of elements.
"The periodic table is the way scientists have organized the 118 known elements. But up-and-coming scientists can learn much from the periodic table as well. In this book, they'll learn how to read the periodic table, including what an element's atomic number means and what the rows and columns signify. They'll gather facts about common and interesting elements and even discover how they can predict how elements might chemically react from their position in the table"--Provided by publisher.
An introduction to the periodic table of elements, showing how the experiments of scientists J.J. Thomson and Ernest Rutherford led to the discovery of subatomic particles and the development of concepts of nuclear theory.
