Table of Contents
   Introductionp. 3
   Orientation: Column by Column, Row by Row
      Geography is Destinyp. 11
   Making Atoms, Breaking Atoms
      Where Atoms Come From: ôWe Are All Star Stufföp. 65
      Completing the Table…with a Bangp. 98
   Bibliographyp. 377
      Near Twins and Black Sheep: The Genealogy of Elementsp. 32
      Extending the Table, Expanding the Cold Warp. 115
   Periodic Confusion: The Emergence of Complexity
      Spheres of Splendor: The Science of Bubblesp. 295
      The Galápagos of the Periodic Tablep. 47
      Elements in Times of Warp. 81
      Poisoner's Corridor: ôOuch-Ouchöp. 152
      From Physics to Biologyp. 135
      Take Two Elements, Call Me in the Morningp. 167
      Elements as Moneyp. 222
      Tools of Ridiculous Precisionp. 314
      How Elements Deceivep. 186
      Political Elementsp. 203
      An Element of Madnessp. 255
      Chemistry Way, Way Below Zerop. 277
   The Elements of Human Character
      Above (and Beyond) the Periodic Tablep. 331
      Artistic Elementsp. 238
   Element Science Today and Tomorrow
   Notes and Erratap. 349
   Acknowledgments and Thanksp. 347
   Indexp. 379
   The Periodic Table of the Elementsp. 392