Liz says, "A great read for those interested in chemistry but don't want to read formulas. It's an interesting and engaging look at the history of the Periodic Table of Elements. Kean covers both the scientific and cultural history of most of the elements and focuses on how they form the table itself. The book is well written and the chapters flow into each other very well, building from fairly simple scientific concepts to the more robust and obscure theories of quantum physics and even astrobiology."