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Revision as of 00:30, 7 April 2010
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| Author | Adrian Dingle |
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| Illustrator | Simon Basher |
| Cover artist | Simon Basher |
| Language | English |
| Series | Simon Basher Science |
| Subject | The Periodic Table |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Kingfisher Publications (UK) Macmillan (US) |
Publication date | May 23, 2007 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 128 pages |
| ISBN | 0753460858 |
| Followed by | Physics: Why Matter Matters! |
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 first book in Basher's science series, which includes Physics: Why Matter Matters!, Biology: Life As We Know It, Astronomy: Out of this World!, Rocks and Minerals: A Gem of a Read, 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. For every type of known atom, Basher has created a "manga-esque"[1] cartoon, and for almost every type of known atom, Dingle, a high-school chemistry teacher who also develped an award-winning chemistry website[2] 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,"[3] while Basher was concerned that the book's design be "sharp and focused" in order to "connect with today's visually advanced young audience."[4]
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"[5], 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."[1] 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.[6]
Despite the fact that Dingle and Basher never met each other while the book was being produced[5] another reviewer, Nancy Atkinson, writes that "Dingle’s prose and Basher’s artwork mesh seamlessly together to provide each element with its own distinguishing persona" and claims that the book "will light a flame in children (and adults, too!) for an interest in science..."[7]
The Periodic Table: Elements with style has also been reviewed in the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books[8] and the Journal of Chemical Education.[9]
Notes
- ^ a b Greig, Vivienne. "The Periodic Table: Elements with style". New Scientist (14 April 2007)
- ^ Author bio on the 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."
- ^ interview with Dingle on the Houghton Mifflin website.
- ^ Basher, Simon "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, per this American Library Association press release
- ^ a b "Children's Bookshelf: Humor Helps Kids Brave the Elements" Publishers Weekly (March 1, 2007)
- ^ Pitt, Wendy. "The Periodic Table: elements" Royal Society of Chemistry website (November 2007)
- ^ Atkinson, Nancy "The Periodic Table: Elements with style" on Curled Up With a Good Kid's Book
- ^ http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/bulletin_of_the_center_for_childrens_books/v060/60.10bush06.html
- ^ http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed086p1151
External Links
- Simon Basher's website
- Adrian Dingle's award-winning chemistry website
- Kingfisher - publisher's website
- The Periodic Table - publisher's book page
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