The periodic kingdom: a journey into the land of the chemical elements pdf

彼得·威廉·阿特金斯（Peter William Atkins，1940 年 8 月 10 日－）是英国化学家，曾任牛津大学化学教授和林肯学院院士。 他是一位多产的化学教科书作者，包括物理化学、无机化学和分子量子力学。

The periodic kingdom: a journey into the land of the chemical elements pdf 彼得·威廉·阿特金斯

The Periodic Kingdom is a journey of imagination in which Peter Atkins treats the periodic table of elements - the 109 chemical elements in the world, from which everything is made - as a country, a periodic kingdom, each region of which corresponds to an element. Arranged much like a travel guide, the book introduces the reader to the general features of the table, the history of the elements, and the underlying arrangement of the table in terms of the structure and properties of atoms. Atkins sees elements as finely balanced living personalities, with quirks of character and certain, not always outward, dispositions, and the kingdom is thus a land of intellectual satisfaction and infinite delight.