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

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

John Emsley

352 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
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The incredible "glowing" history of the "Devil's element "phosphorusDiscovered by alchemists, prescribed by apothecaries, exploited by ninth-century industrialists, and abused by twentieth-century combatants, the chemical element phosphorus has fa...

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