The Periodic Table

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Synopsis
This translation from the Italian is an extraordinary work in which each of the 21 chapters takes its title and starting point from one of the elements in the periodic table. Mingling fact and fiction, history and anecdote, Levi uses his training as a chemist and his experiences as a prisoner in Auschwitz to illuminate the human condition.
Copyright:
1984

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
233 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780805239294
Publisher:
Schocken Books Inc.
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Schocken Books Inc.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
Submitted By:
Worth Trust
Proofread By:
Worth Trust
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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There are few books I would rate ahead of this one. Primo Levi experienced much during his life and The Periodic Table documents what sense he made of that experience. This excerpt from the following link: We all know Primo Levi was a chemist and a writer. Few people ever think of him as a linguist. But he wrote an important linguistic work, "Argon," the first chapter of The Periodic Table. Furthermore, he wrote a fantasy, "Lead," also in The Periodic Table, that shows a remarkable knowledge of historical linguistics and is an incentive to further study. http://www.jochnowitz.net/Essays/PrimoLevi.html