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Michael Pilz - Dance of the elements

On the beauty of the periodic table

Chemistry is the most joyful science of our time.

Everything consists of a few building blocks, the elements. Nature, people, every single thing. One-hundred-and-fifty years ago, St. Petersburg scientist Dmitri Mendeleev applied a systematic order to all matter. Every element found its permanent place in the periodic table. But the periodic table has always been more than just a chart in the chemistry lab. Michael Pilz brings it to life by recounting the story from the beginning, and looking into the future at the end. He tells us about the old ores and elements of nature and about the antique concept of the four great elements. From the divine art of alchemy through to the scientific world of the periodic table and beyond, he provides a cultural history of world views and describes chemistry as the most joyful science of our time.

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224 pages
format:140 x 220
ISBN: 9783701734832
Release date: 27.08.2019

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Peter Pilz pflegt einen munteren anekdotischen Erzählgestus, um die komplexe Organisation der Perioden und Gruppen allgemeinverständlich zu machen.
[Quelle: Stefana Sabin, NZZ BÜCHER AM SONNTAG]

Pilz erzählt nicht eine Geschichte des Periodensystems, sondern viele Geschichten über die Elemente im Periodensystem – eben einen Tanz der Elemente!
[Quelle: Stefana Sabin -  FAUST-KULTUR.DE]

„Das Periodensystem war schon immer mehr als eine Tafel im Chemieraum“ – dieses eigene Credo zu transportieren, gelingt dem Autor.
[Quelle: Thomas Bührke, TREFFPUNKT BUCH PLUS]

Authors
Michael Pilz

geboren 1965 in Berlin, DDR, Abitur, Grundwassermesser, Laborant, Betonarbeiter, Gitarrenlehrer. Er studierte Chemie in Merseburg und Musikwissenschaft in Berlin. Seit 1992 Journalist und Autor, seit 1998 bei der Welt als Redakteur im Feuilleton. Bei Residenz erschienen "Tanz der Elemente" (2019).

Press

Pilz erzählt in kunterbunt aneinandergereihten Episoden die Geschichte der chemischen Elemente sowie ihrer Verwendungen und Deutungen, um auf möglichst kurzweilige Weise daran zu erinnern, dass die Geschichte unserer Spezies eine chemische war und ist.
[Quelle: Sebastian Kiefer, FALTER]

Wer der schönen Schlichtheit des Periodensystems nicht schon längst verfallen ist, bekommt mit diesem Werk die Möglichkeit, faszinierende Einblicke in die Grundstrukturen der Materie zu erlangen.
[Quelle: Tanja Traxler, DER STANDARD]

Wir brauchen eine philosophische Partikelkunde! Zum Glück ebnen hervorragende Bücher den Weg: Michael Pilz klärt (…) über die „Schönheit des Periodensystems“ auf.
[Quelle: Jutta Person, PHILOSOPHIE MAGAZIN]

Michael Pilz unterzieht das Periodensystem der Elemente einem Intelligenztest und fördert dabei weit mehr zutage als stumpfes Wissen über Chemie und Physik.
[Quelle: KURSBUCH]

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