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Atkins, P. W. The Periodic Kingdom: A Journey into the Land of the Chemical Elements. HarperCollins, 1997. The organization of the periodic table, the history of its development, the origin of the elements, and how the elements relate to one another; for general readers.

Emsley, John. The Elements. Oxford University Press, 1998. Reference work with the most important facts about all of the chemical elements.

Frausto da Silva, J. J. R., and R. J. P. Williams. The Biological Chemistry of the Elements: The Inorganic Chemistry of Life. Oxford University Press, Reprint, Clarendon, 1991. 1994. Explains the importance of the metals and other noncarbon elements in living systems.

Greenwood, N. N., and A. Earnshaw. Chemistry of the Elements. Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997. Rigorous survey of compounds in which carbon is not the element of interest.

Newton, David E. The Chemical Elements. Franklin Watts, 1994. For young adult readers.

Strathern, Paul. Mendeleyev's Dream: The Quest for the Elements. St. Martin's, 2001. A clearly written history of chemistry through the 19th century and Mendeleyev's development of the periodic table; for the general reader.

Stwertka, Albert, and Eva Stwertka. A Guide to the Elements. Oxford University Press, 1998. A general overview of chemistry with chapters on each of the elements. For young adult readers.

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