Antimony, Gold, and Jupiter's Wolf

Download or read book Antimony, Gold, and Jupiter's Wolf written by Peter Wothers and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the elements get their names? The origins of californium may be obvious, but what about oxygen? Investigating their origins takes Peter Wothers deep into history. Drawing on a wide variety of original sources, he brings to light the astonishing, the unusual, and the downright weird origins behind the element names we take for granted.