{"product_id":"books-13th-element-by-john-emsley","title":"13th Element","description":"This is popular science at its best, a great subject, unfolded with the skill of the storyteller; at once a mine of information and a thoroughly good read.\u003cbr\u003e-The Sunday Times (London)\u003cp\u003eThis well-written book is an examination of the very character of all chemicals.\u003cbr\u003e-The Sunday Telegraph (London)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscovered by alchemists, prescribed by apothecaries, exploited by nineteenth-century industrialists, and abused by twentieth-century combatants, phosphorus is one of nature's deadliest-and most fascinating-creations. Now award-winning author John Emsley combines his gift for storytelling with his scientific expertise to present an enthralling account of this eerily luminescent element. From murders-by-phosphorus where the bodies glowed green, to the match factory strike that helped end child labor in England, to the irony of the World War I firebombing of Hamburg, to even deadlier compounds derived from phosphorus today, The 13th Element weaves together a rich tableau of brilliant and oddball characters, social upheavals, and curious, bizarre, and horrific events that comprise the surprising 300-year history of nature's most nefarious element.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54424659001617,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780471441496.jpg?v=1787606737","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-13th-element-by-john-emsley","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}