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The Elements — A Very Short Introduction

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The terms in bold link to topics in the AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and CCEA A-level specifications, as well as the Highers/Advanced Highers exam specifications.

This Worth Reading shows a few highlights from this useful book, including the role of oxygen on the Earth and a new way to extract gold using plants. It also shows how the periodic table is being extended to include new elements, and that isotope ratios are useful for dating archeological finds.

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