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The Periodic Table (Basher book)
2007 book by Simon Basher and Adrian Dingle
2007 book by Simon Basher and Adrian Dingle
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | The Periodic Table: |
| Elements with Style | |
| image | Periodic Table Elements with style.jpg |
| author | Adrian Dingle |
| illustrator | Simon Basher |
| cover_artist | Simon Basher |
| country | United Kingdom |
| language | English |
| series | Simon Basher Science |
| subject | Periodic table |
| genre | Non-fiction |
| publisher | Kingfisher Publications (UK) |
| Macmillan (US) | |
| release_date | May 23, 2007 |
| media_type | Print (Paperback) |
| pages | 128 pages |
| isbn | 0-7534-6085-8 |
| followed_by | Physics: Why Matter Matters! |
Elements with Style Macmillan (US) The Periodic Table: Elements with Style is a 2007 children's science book created by Simon Basher and written by Adrian Dingle. It is the second book in Basher's science series, after Rocks and Minerals: A Gem of a Book. Some of the Basher Science books includes Physics: Why Matter Matters!, Biology: Life As We Know It, Astronomy: Out of this World!, Rocks and Minerals: A Gem of a Book, and Planet Earth: What Planet Are You On?, each of which is 128 pages long.
The book is arranged in eleven chapters plus an introduction, and includes a poster in the back of the book. Each chapter is on a different group of the periodic table (hydrogen, the alkali metals, the alkaline earth metals, the transition metals, the boron elements, the carbon elements, the nitrogen elements, the oxygen elements, the halogen elements, the noble gases, the lanthanides and actinides, and the transactinides). For every type of then known atom, Basher has created a "manga-esque" has written a couple paragraphs of facts to go with the cartoon. Dingle, who says that "[s]cience is a serious business", wanted in writing the book "to get people engaged is to make it accessible while still presenting hard facts and knowledge," while Basher was concerned that the book's design be "sharp and focused" in order to "connect with today's visually advanced young audience."
Critical response
Publishers Weekly said that the book was a "lively introduction to the chart that has been the bane of many a chemistry student", and in a review in New Scientist, Vivienne Greig called The Periodic Table "an engrossing read and an ideal way to painlessly impart a great deal of science history to seen-it-all-before teenagers." A review on the Royal Society of Chemistry website had some minor reservations about the book, but said it was "endearing" and succeeded in making learning chemistry easier and more fun.
The Periodic Table: Elements with Style has also been reviewed in the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and the Journal of Chemical Education.
References
References
- cartoon, and for many types of atoms, Dingle, a high-school chemistry teacher who also developed an award-winning chemistry website[http://us.macmillan.com/bashertheperiodictable Author bio] on the [[Macmillan Publishers (United States). Macmillan]] website. Dingle's website – http://adriandingleschemistrypages.com – "has been recommended by the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse, the BBC, the National Science Teachers Association, and Cornell Theory Center - among others."
- [http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/booksellers/press_release/periodictable/#intro interview with Dingle] on the [[Houghton Mifflin]] website.
- Basher, Simon [http://www.cbcbooks.org/system/documents/16/original/NovDec_08_Basher.pdf?1253736285 "CBC Column: Characters of the Periodic Table"] in ''Knowledge Quest'', journal of the [[American Association of School Librarians]], (Nov-Dec 2008). The "CBC" is the [[Children's Book Council (United States). Children's Book Council]], per this [[American Library Association]] [http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2008/September2008/AASLmeettheauthor.cfm press release]
- (1 March 2007). "Children's Bookshelf: Humor Helps Kids Brave the Elements". Publishers Weekly.
- Greig, Vivienne. [https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19425992.200-the-periodic-table-elements-the-style-by-adrian-dingle-and-simon-basher.html "The Periodic Table: Elements with style"]. ''[[New Scientist]]'' (14 April 2007)
- Pitt, Wendy. (1 November 2007). "Cartoon chemistry". [[Royal Society of Chemistry]].
- (2007). "The Periodic Table: Elements with Style! (review)". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.
- Saecker Mary E. (2009). "Periodic Table Presentations and Inspirations". Journal of Chemical Education.
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