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"A Guide to the Elements Second Edition" by Albert Stwertka is an indispensable resource to learn about each of the elements with mind-blowing factual information that you do not know about. At the beginning of this book there is a tutorial of the basics of how to understand how the periodic table is set up. The Guide to the Elements is organized by the atomic number of the element and tells astounding facts about every one of the 114 elements known to man. The facts are like who discovered this element, how this specific element contributes to our lives, different isotopes and versions, characteristics of the pure element, and how it functions. "Californium is one of the most expensive elements in the world, with a cost of 10 dollars per millionth of a gram."(Stwertka 213) "Because tungsten has the highest melting point of any metal, it is used in the filaments of ordinary light bulbs"(Stwertka 171) These are examples of some of the facts in this book.
I really like this book because I am fascinated with chemistry and other types of science subjects. The author did a really fantastic job writing this book because researching all these facts about all of the 114 elements is easier said than done. For each of the 114 elements there is a long report for each of them. "Silver was known in ancient times and derives its chemical symbol, Ag, from the Latin word argentum, which means silver." (Stwertka 127) An example like this you can not just make it up.
I would give this book 5 out of 5 stars because I gained a lot of knowledge from reading this book and everyone gain some from reading the first page of the tutorial at the beginning. I think that anyone that thinks science is very interesting than they will love this book. I think that this book would be confusing to some people that familiar with chemistry. I recommend this book this book to those who want an informal chemistry book.