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The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire and Phosphorus
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The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire and Phosphorus Hardback - 2000

by John Emsley; Emsley

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The incredible glowing history of the Devil's element phosphorus
Discovered by alchemists, prescribed by apothecaries, exploited by ninth-century industrialists, and abused by twentieth-century combatants, the chemical element phosphorus has fascinated us for more than three centuries. It may even be the cause of will-o'-the wisps and spontaneous human combustion! Now John Emsley has written an enthralling account of this eerily luminescent element. Shining with wonderful nuggets-from murders-by-phosphorus to a match factory strike; from the firebombing of Hamburg to the deadly compounds derived from phosphorus today-The 13th Element weaves together a rich tableau of brilliant and oddball characters, social upheavals, and bizarre events.

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  • Title The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire and Phosphorus
  • Author John Emsley; Emsley
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 327
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2000
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780471394556 / 0471394556
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.09 x 5.62 x 1.13 in (20.55 x 14.27 x 2.87 cm)
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Phosphorus
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00703013
  • Dewey Decimal Code 546.712

About the author

JOHN EMSLEY is Science Writer in Residence at both Cambridge University and Imperial College of London University. He has won the prestigious Rhone-Poulenc Prize for best science book of the year, was an editor of New Scientist magazine, and wrote a science column for the Independent newspaper.

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