The Elements ─ A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe

★ 全球熱銷百萬冊，最美的元素週期表圖鑑
★ 收錄118種元素，每一頁都是視覺震撼
★ 科學 × 攝影 × 藝術，重新定義科普書
★ 附贈經典元素海報，收藏與閱讀一次滿足

如果元素週期表，不只是表格，而是一場視覺盛宴？

本書收錄118種元素，以原子序排列，每一頁都以精緻攝影呈現元素最純粹的樣貌。從閃耀的金屬到奇異的氣體，從日常材料到稀有物質，每個元素都被賦予真實且震撼的形象，讓抽象的科學概念瞬間具體可見。

除了壯麗的影像，作者以幽默筆調講述元素背後的故事，並搭配完整科學數據，讓讀者在欣賞之餘，也能理解其性質與應用。

這不只是一本書，而是一座將科學與藝術完美融合的元素博物館。當你翻開它，會重新發現——構成世界的一切，其實如此美麗。

The Elements has become an international sensation, selling over half-a-million copies worldwide.

The highly-anticipated paperback edition of The Elements is finally available.

An eye-opening, original collection of gorgeous, never-before-seen photographic representations of the 118 elements in the periodic table.

The elements are what we, and everything around us, are made of. But how many elements has anyone actually seen in pure, uncombined form? The Elements provides this rare opportunity. Based on seven years of research and photography, the pictures in this book make up the most complete, and visually arresting, representation available to the naked eye of every atom in the universe. Organized in order of appearance on the periodic table, each element is represented by a spread that includes a stunning, full-page, full-color photograph that most closely represents it in its purest form. For example, at -183°C, oxygen turns from a colorless gas to a beautiful pale blue liquid.

Also included are fascinating facts, figures, and stories of the elements as well as data on the properties of each, including atomic weight, density, melting and boiling point, valence, electronegativity, and the year and location in which it was discovered. Several additional photographs show each element in slightly altered forms or as used in various practical ways. The element's position on the periodic table is pinpointed on a mini rendering of the table and an illustrated scale of the element's boiling and/or melting points appears on each page along with a density scale that runs along the bottom.

Packed with interesting information, this combination of solid science and stunning artistic photographs is the perfect gift book for every sentient creature in the universe.

Includes a tear-out poster of Theodore Gray's iconic Photographic Periodic Table!