It's Elementary!: Putting the Crackle into Chemistry - Robert Winston Reviews
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Newest Review: ... to make this such a brilliant book. It is extremely well written and takes very complex subjects and makes them simple ... more
... enough that a young child can easily understand.
This book begins with the elements, and gives us brief history lesson concerning the Greeks and their belief that everything was made of earth, water, fire , air and later Quintessence or space. Next comes alchemy. This section is an absolute must for Harry Potter fans, with mention of the philosopher's stone, spells and secrets. The most interesting part of this section for my son though was the part about a German alchemist who made phosphorus using urine aged for several...more
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No we aren't planning to cook our family pet, but this book does include the ingredients list for a dog. I'm afraid the instructions are not included - that's down to DNA. My son couldn't quite believe a dog - as well as a human could be made of such simple things as carbon, calcium, iron, and other simple elements as well as plenty of oxygen and hydrogen of course. It actually took some convincing - and I'm still not entirely sure he believes me, but I managed to explain that all living things are pretty much made up of the same ingredients, it's how you put them together that makes the difference. No scientist can build a dog, but somehow a dogs DNA manages to take ... Read the complete review
