TY - JOUR
AU - Kauffman, George
AB - Media Reviews Chem. Educator, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2002 179 Media Reviews The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire, and lend a sinister aspect to his “first biography” of this eerily Phosphorus. By John Emsley. John Wiley & Sons: New luminescent element. His earlier books (e.g., Molecules at an York, Chichester, England, 2000; Illustrations. viii + 327 pp. Exhibition: Portraits of Intriguing Materials in Everyday Life, Kauffman, G. B.; Kauffman, L M. The Chemical Educator 14.1 × 20.4 cm. $24.95 (USA); $38.95 (Canada). ISBN 0-471- 1998, 3(6), S1430-4171(98)06266-2 (December 1, 1998), 3 39455-6; published in the UK as: The Shocking History of pp., DOI 10.1007/s00897980266a) have received favorable Phosphorus: A Biography of the Devil’s Element. reviews. Macmillan Publishers, Ltd.: London, England, 2000. £12.99. Emsley, whose most recent honors include the 1995 Rhône– ISBN 0-333-76638-5. Poulenc Prize for best science book of the year, the Royal Society of Chemistry tertiary chemical education award “for making chemistry popular to a wider public both nationally and internationally,” is eminently qualified to write such a book, for he received his PhD degree in phosphorus chemistry (1963) from the University of Manchester. While collecting material for a book (Emsley, J.; Hall, D. 
TI - The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire, and Phosphorus. By John Emsley. John Wiley & Sons: New York, Chichester, England, 2000; Illustrations. viii + 327 pp. 14.1 × 20.4 cm. $24.95 (USA); $38.95 (Canada). ISBN 0-471-39455-6; published in the UK as: The Shocking History of Phosphorus: A Biography of the Devil’s Element. Macmillan Publishers, Ltd.: London, England, 2000. £12.99. ISBN 0-333-76638-5
JF - The Chemical Educator
DO - 10.1007/s00897020567a
DA - 2002-01-01
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SP - 179
EP - 180
VL - 7
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