Product Description

How do you make a dog? Why are helium balloons lighter than air? What are the secrets of the Philosopher’s Stone? It’s Elementary! takes an amazing look at the stuff that stuff is made of. Discover the elements that make up everything from you to your dog! See what the elements are, how they were discovered and the extraordinary ways they affect our lives. It's chemistry, but not as you know it.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8620 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 96 pages

About the Author
Robert Winston is a practising consultant at Hammersmith Hospital, London and world leader in the field of human fertility research. A popular author and broadcaster of TV programmes such as Human Mind and the award-winning Human Instincts, he is also Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College, London and has been at the forefront of social and ethical issues in science. Sir Winston was Chairman of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology. He lives in London.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic
My son is autonomously educated and recently expressed an interest in chemistry so I bought this book. It is so colourful and packed with info in little chunks that my son (who is 6) has eaten up the information and moved on very quickly to explore even more complicated stuff. It gives historical information on scientists and their discoveries, the importance to us of the elements, and has many areas of chemistry study: pigments, poisons (a favourite :-O ), the atmosphere, fireworks etc. There is lots of info on the elements to start of a budding chemist and is a totally absorbing, thoroughly accessible book. I never realised chemistry was this interesting! I totally recommend it.