I'm not actually quite done with reading this, but I've been reading it on and off all month, and I want to count it in May's reading. This is non-fiction, and it's about the Periodic Table - a bit about the history, and a bit about the physics and chemsitry, but more anecdotes about elements and their unusual properties and interesting things about their discoveries. The science bit is a bit too chemistry-y for me sometimes, but the anecdotes are pretty good. Geoff's been suggesting I read it for ages, so I thought I'd have a go (despite not being a huge fan of non-fiction, or, indeed, chemistry).
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Well, here are three more interesting nonfictions: (1) "The Professor and the Madman" which deals with the writing of the OED (2) "A Needle in the Right Hand of God" about the Norman Conquest and the Bayeux Tapestry (3) "Semantic Antics" which explores the ways words change.
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