Antimony, Gold, and Jupiter’s Wolf: How the Elements Were Named
Accessible to chemists and non-chemists alike, this book traces the evolution of our understanding of the nature of matter itself
Our names for different substances and our understanding of their fundamental constituents are inextricably entwined. In exploring how what we now refer to as the chemical elements received their names, and how those names have changed throughout history, Peter Wothers’s latest book also offers an insight into the evolution of our understanding of the nature of matter itself.