Includes bibliographical references (page 32) and index.
Contents:
Breaking it down -- Exploring an atom -- The atomic number -- Atomic mass and weight -- Beginnings -- Periods -- Groups -- New elements -- All about calcium.
Summary:
"The periodic table is the way scientists have organized the 118 known elements. But up-and-coming scientists can learn much from the periodic table as well. In this book, they'll learn how to read the periodic table, including what an element's atomic number means and what the rows and columns signify. They'll gather facts about common and interesting elements and even discover how they can predict how elements might chemically react from their position in the table. Fact boxes and images add additional information to the accessible text"-- Provided by publisher.
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