by Isaac Asimov · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401459139
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«La búsqueda de los elementos» is a popular science work by Isaac Asimov, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (240 pages, in Spanish).
The book narrates the long investigation, of about twenty-six centuries, into the composition of matter: from Thales of Miletus and the alchemists who sought to make gold to Seaborg's cyclotron and artificial elements. Asimov presents both real advances and frauds and failed theories that are part of this scientific history.
The Spanish edition is from 1992; the cover indicates the Tribuna collection from Plaza & Janés.
Suitable for readers curious about the history of chemistry, science, and the way scientific knowledge is built.
Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. He wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as popular science and other non-fiction. His work spans nine out of the ten categories of the Dewey decimal system.
