PREFACE
I’ve long been fascinated by the periodic table of the elements but have always had difficulty recalling some of the properties of even the more well-known elements. So to help me remember a few of the elements’ more prominent properties (and occasionally some of their more quirky ones!), I’ve composed 93 short poems: one for each of the 92 elements from hydrogen to uranium on the periodic table, plus one additional poem to cover the 26 elements that follow uranium (known as the transuranium elements).
The poems were composed with reference to the various books, websites, journal articles, and reports listed in the Resources on page 275.
The running order of the poems follows the normal sequence of the elements as they appear on the periodic ...