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Periodic Tales

Name: Periodic Tales
Author: Hugh Aldersey-Williams

by Hugh Aldersey-Williams

2009•Documentary•430 pages

Taste attributes: documentaryhistoricalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelinearemotive & stirringsocial commentaryunlikely connections

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Boxlist takeA grounded non-fiction book that is original, unhurried and heavy. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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4.0 / 5

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About This Book

"In the spirit of A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING, an energetic and wide-ranging book of discovery and discoverers, of exploitation and celebration, and of superstition and science, all in search of the ways the chemical elements are woven into our culture, history, and language"--

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DocumentaryHistoricalSocial commentaryUnlikely connections

Subjects

Chemical elementsDiscoveries in scienceSCIENCE / GeneralPeriodic lawHistoryPeriodic table of the elementsScienceTables

Details

Author: Hugh Aldersey-Williams
Published: 2009
Pages: 430
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Source: Open Library

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