The 13th Element: the Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire and Phosphorus
- List Price: $24.95
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
- Publish date: 08/28/2000
Description:
Discovered by alchemists, prescribed by apothecaries, exploited by nineteenth-century industrialists, and abused by twentieth-century combatants, the chemical element phosphorus has fascinated us for more than three centuries. It may even be the cause of will-o'-the-wisps and spontaneous human combustion! Now John Emsley has written an enthralling account of this eerily luminescent element. Shining with wonderful nuggets -- from murders-by-phosphorus to a match factory strike; from the firebombing of Hamburg to the deadly compounds derived from phosphorus today -- The Shocking History of Phosphorus weaves together a rich tableau of brilliant and oddball characters, social upheavals, and bizarre events.
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