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The periodic table : a very short introduction / by Scerri, Eric R.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 139) and index.The elements -- A quick overview of the modern periodic table -- Atomic weight, triads, and Prout -- Steps toward the periodic table -- The Russian genius--Mendeleev -- Physics invades the periodic table -- Electronic structure -- Quantum mechanics -- Modern alchemy: from missing elements to synthetic elements -- Forms of the periodic table.In this authoritative Very Short Introduction to The Periodic Table, Eric Scerri presents a modern and fresh exploration of this fundamental topic in the physical sciences, considering the deeper implications of the arrangements of the table to atomic physics and quantum mechanics.
Subjects: Periodic law; Chemical elements.;
© 2011., Oxford University Press,
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The disappearing spoon : and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements / by Kean, Sam.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]) and index.Orientation : column by column, row by row. Geography is destiny ; Near twins and black sheep : the genealogy of elements ; The Galp̀agos of the periodic table -- Making atoms, breaking atoms. Where atoms come from : "We are all star stuff" ; Elements in time of war ; Completing the table-- with a bang ; Extending the table, expanding the Cold War -- Periodic confusion : the emergence of complexity. From physics to biology ; Poisoner's corridor : "Ouch-ouch" ; Take two elements, call me in the morning ; How elements deceive -- The elements of human character. Political elements ; Elements as money ; Artistic elements ; An element of madness -- Element science today and tomorrow. Chemistry way, way below zero ; Spheres of splendor : the science of bubbles ; Tools of ridiculous precision ; Above (and beyond) the periodic table.The periodic table of the elements is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of passion, adventure, obsession, and betrayal. These tales follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold, and all the elements in the table as they play out their parts in human history. The usual suspects are here, like Marie Curie (and her radioactive journey to the discovery of polonium and radium) and William Shockley (who is credited, not exactly justly, with the discovery of the silicon transistor)--but the more obscure characters provide some of the best stories, like Paul Emile Franȯis Lecoq de Boisbaudran, whose discovery of gallium, a metal with a low melting point, gives this book its title: a spoon made of gallium will melt in a cup of tea.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Chemical elements; Periodic law;
© 2011., Back Bay Books,
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Periodic tales : a cultural history of the elements, from arsenic to zinc / by Aldersey-Williams, Hugh.;
Power. El Dorado ; Going platinum ; Noble metals, ignobly announced ; The ochreous stain ; The element traders ; Among the Carbonari ; Plutonium charades ; Mendeleev's suitcases ; The liquid mirror -- Fire. The circumnavigation of the Sulphur ; Pee is for phosphorus ; 'As under a green sea' ; 'Humanitarian nonsense' ; Slow fire ; Our Lady of Radium ; Nightglow of Dystopia ; Cocktails at the Pale Horse ; The light of the sun -- Craft. To the Cassiterides ; Dull lead's grey truth ; Our perfect reflection ; The worldwide web ; Au zinc ; Banalization ; 'Turn'd to barnacles' ; The Guild of aerospace welders ; The march of the elements -- Beauty. Chromatic revolution ; 'Lonely-chrome America' ; Abbé Suger's sheet sapphire ; Inheritance powder ; Rainbows in the blood ; Crushing emeralds ; The crimson light of neon ; Jezebel's eyes -- Earth. Swedish rock ; Europium Union ; Auerlight ; Gadolin and Samarsky, everymen of the elements ; Ytterby Gruva."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"-- Provided by publisher.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Periodic law; Chemical elements; Discoveries in science.;
© 2012., Ecco,
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The secret life of the periodic table : unlocking the mysteries of all 118 elements / by Still, Ben.;
Constructing the table -- Medeleev and the modern table -- Periodic table -- Atomic physics -- The quantum atom -- Trends and patterns -- Trends table -- Hyrdogen -- Helium -- Alkali metals -- Alkaline earth metals -- Transistion metals -- Post-transition metals -- Metalloids -- Nonmentals -- Halogens -- Noble gases -- Lanthanides -- Atom bomb -- Atom smashers -- Actinides -- Hall of fame -- Future elements"This book uncovers the fascinating stories behind the formulation of the periodic table and describes by who and how the 118 elements were discovered. The reader is able to gain a basic understanding of the fundamentals of atomic science with the help of fascinating trivia to keep the content interesting"
Subjects: Periodic table of the elements; Periodic law; Chemical elements;
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Schaum's outline of college chemistry / by Rosenberg, Jerome Laib,1921-; Epstein, Lawrence M.; Krieger, Peter J.;
Quantities and units -- Atomic and molecular mass; molar mass -- Formulas and composition calculations -- Calculations from chemical equations -- Measurement of gases -- The ideal gas law and kinetic theory -- Thermochemistry -- Atomic structure and the periodic law -- Chemical bonding and molecular structure -- Solids and liquids -- Oxidation-reduction -- Concentration of solutions -- Reactions involving standard solutions -- Properties of solutions -- Organic chemistry and biochemistry -- Thermodynamics and chemical equilibrium -- Acids and bases -- Complex ions; precipitates -- Electrochemistry -- Rates of reactions -- Nuclear processes.
Subjects: Chemistry; Chemistry;
© c2007., McGraw-Hill,
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Gale encyclopedia of American law. by Gale (Firm);
v. 1. A-Ba -- v. 2. Be-Col -- v. 3. Com-Dor -- v. 4. DOT-Fre -- v. 5. Fri-I -- v. 6. J-Ma -- v. 7. Mc-Pl -- v. 8. Po-San -- v. 9. Sar-Ten -- v. 10. Ter-Z -- V. 11. Milestones in the Law: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas; Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission; District of Columbia v. Heller; Gideon v. Wainwright; Kelo v. City of New London -- v. 12. Milestones in the law: Lawrence v. Texas; Mapp v. Ohio; Marbury v. Madison; Miranda v. Arizona; New York Times Co. v. Sullivan; Obergefell v. Hodges; Roe v. Wade -- v. 13. Primary documents: Foundations of U.S. Law: English law; The Colonial Period; Conflict and revolution; Origins of U.S. government. Civil rights: Slavery; From segragation to civil rights; Women's rights; Native American rights. Reflections on law and society: Presidential speeches; Legal scholarship. Legal miscellany: Presidents and vice presidents of the United States; Presidential nominations to the Supreme Court; Time chart of the Supreme Court; Succession of Supreme Court justices; U.S. attorneys general; British regnal years -- v. 14. Dictionary of legal terms; Cases index; General index.Covers today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, and important documents. Includes previous topics such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and more, plus new topics including cryptocurrency, transgender rights, and the 2020 elections.
Subjects: Law;
On-line resources: https://libproxy.kirtland.edu/login?url=https://link.gale.com/apps/pub/87R9/GVRL?sid=gale_marc&u=lom_kirtlandcc -- Available online. Click here to access.;
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Plessy v. Ferguson : a brief history with documents / by Thomas, Brook.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-195) and index.The Civil War amendments -- The slaughter-house cases and their implications -- The civil rights cases and their consequences -- Plessy's argument before the court -- The majority decision -- Harlan's dissent -- Plessy v. Ferguson, May 18, 1896 -- Selected views on the "race question" at the time of Plessy -- The race question in the United States, September 1890 / John Tyler Morgan -- Race amalgamation, August 1896 / Frederick L. Hoffman -- Capacity of the negro-his position in the North. The color line in New England, 1890 / Henry M. Field -- Atlanta exposition address, September 18, 1895 / Booker T. Washington -- Central Law Review, January 17, 1896 -- The press -- Equality, but not socialism May 19, 1896 / Times-Picayune (New Orleans) -- The unfortunate law of the land, May 19, 1896 / Tribune (New York) -- State sovereignty, May 19, 1896 / Union Advertiser (Rochester, New York).(cont.)A strange decision, May 20, 1896 / Democrat and chronicle (Rochester, New York) -- Evening journal (New York), May 20, 1896 -- Journal (Providence, Rhode Island), May 20, 1896 -- Separate coaches, May 21, 1896 / Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) -- Weekly blade (Parsons, Kansas), May 30, 1896 -- A.M.E. Church Review (Philadelphia), June 1896 -- Who is permanently hurt? June 1896 / Booker T. Washington -- Legal periodicals -- Central Law Journal, August 14, 1896 -- Michigan Law Journal, 1896 -- American Law Review, 1896 -- Virginia Law Register, 1896 -- African American intellectuals -- Strivings of the negro people, 1897 / W.E.B. Du Bois -- The courts and the negro, ca. 1911 / Charles W. Chesnutt -- Sixteen years after the decision -- From the fourteenth amendment and the states, 1912 / Charles Wallace Collins.(cont.)Dissenting opinions of Mr. Justice Harlan, 1912 / Henry Billings Brown -- Appendices -- Members of the court -- Chronology of events related to Plessy (1849-1925) -- Questions for consideration -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
Subjects: Plessy, Homer Adolph; Segregation in transportation; Segregation;
© ©1997., Bedford Books,
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Trigonometry : a clever study guide / by Tanton, James,1966-;
The backbone theorem : the Pythagorean theorem -- Some surprisingly helpful background history -- The basics of "circle-ometry" -- Radian measure -- The graphs of sine and cosine in degrees -- The graphs of sine and cosine in radians -- Basic trigonometric identities -- Sine and cosine for circles of different radii -- A paradigm shift -- The basics of trigonometry -- The tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant graphs -- Inverse trigonometric functions -- Addition and subtraction formulas, double and half angle formulas -- The law of cosines -- The area of a triangle -- The law of sines -- Heron's formula for the area of a triangle -- Fitting trigonometric functions to periodic data -- (Extra) Polar coordinates -- (Extra) Polar graphs -- Solutions.This series of texts proves this so! By collating all the MAA AMC questions that link to one particular topic, a coherent mathematical landscape ripe for a guided journey of study emerges. Whether you are motivated by the competition experience or shy away from it, this guide is for you! -- from back cover.
Subjects: Trigonometry.;
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Women and slavery in America : a documentary history / by Lewis, Catherine M.edt; Lewis, J. Richard,1967-edt;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Law, custom, and tradition -- Work and daily life -- Building community -- Resisting slavery -- The meaning of freedom.This work offers readers an opportunity to examine the establishment, growth, and evolution of slavery in the United States as it impacted women, including those enslaved and free, African American and white, wealthy and poor, northern and southern. The primary documents, including newspaper articles, broadsides, cartoons, pamphlets, speeches, photographs, memoirs, and editorials, are organized thematically and represent cultural, political, religious, economic, and social perspectives on this dark and complex period in American history.
Subjects: Women slaves; Slavery; Women; African American women;
© 2011., University of Arkansas Press,
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The Oxford history of Britain / by Morgan, Kenneth O.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [711]-742) and index.1. Roman Britain (c.55 BC -- c. AD 440) -- 2. The Anglo-Saxon Period (c. 440-1066) -- 3. The Early Middle Ages (1066-1290) -- 4. The Later Middle Ages (1290-1485) -- 5. The Tudor Age (1485-1603) -- 6. The Stuarts (1603-1688) -- 7. The Eighteenth Century (1688-1789) -- 8. Revolution and the Rule of Law (1789-1851) -- 9. The Liberal Age (1851-1914) -- 10. The Twentieth Century (1914-2000) -- Epilogue (2000-2010) -- Further Reading -- Chronology -- Genealogies of Royal Lines -- Prime Ministers 1721-2010 -- Index.
© 2010., Oxford University Press,
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