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The 13th Element
The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire, and Phosphorus
by John Emsley

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• Format: paperback, 352 pages
• Release date: January 1, 2002
• ISBN: 9780471441496 (047144149X)
• Genres: science, history, chemistry, school, microhistory
• Publisher: Wiley
• Language: english
• Author: John Emsley

About The Book

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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