Introduction -- What is an element? -- All about atoms -- States of matter -- Who organized the elements? -- How to read the periodic table -- Studying the elements : a brief history -- Meet the elements -- Even more about the elements -- Standout chemists of the periodic table -- Women of the periodic table -- Spotlight : the Curies -- Spotlight : Oliver Sacks -- Elements and the human body -- Elements in the earth's crust -- Endangered elements -- Stinkiest elements -- Deadliest elements -- What's in aname? -- CSI elements -- Element discovery map -- Glossary.
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