Books with title Building blocks of the universe

Winner of the Edison Foundation Award for the best science book for youth published in 1957. In this book, which is periodically revised and updated, Isaac Asimov has chosen to call all the chemical elements so far discovered "building blocks of the universe," and shows why they are just that. He discusses some of the elements separately, some of them in groups, according to their importance, tells us how they were discovered, who discovered them, how they got their names, what their uses are, and, in some cases, what their dangers are. The book is full of interesting anecdotes and sidelights which help make the subject of chemistry, and its allied sciences, an endlessly fascinating one-even for those who are not chemistry students but who are interested in the world around them. Isaac Asimov knows how to write about science for young people and provides a clear, up-to-date approach to the "building blocks of the universe."

Everything in the universe is made up of tiny particles called atoms, which combine to make molecules. Elements, such as iron or nitrogen, are made up of a single kind of atom. Atoms of different elements can also join together to make a new substance. For example, a molecule of water is made up of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. Learn about the discoveries of physicists and chemists while you explore the invisible world of atoms and molecules.