To date, 118 chemical elements have been found. Professor Mario Markus, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany, takes a look at each element, presenting a poem based on its natural properties along with a scientific overview of each element.
All 118 poems – as well as some poems about elements that only exist in theoretical simulations – are published in the book Chemical Poems: One On Each Element by Mario Markus. ChemViews magazine will publish a selection of these poems over the next months.
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Ytterbium |
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Silvery metal. Density: 6.97 g/cm³. It was discovered in 1878 by the Its electrical resistance increases tenfold when raising the pressure [1] R. A. Stager, H. G. Drickamer, Science 1963, 139, 1284. |
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Professor Mario Markus
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany.
www.mariomarkus.com
Chemical Poems – One On Each Element,
Mario Markus,
Dos Madres Press 2013.
ISBN: 978-1-933675-98-5
Perfectbound, 308 pages, English, $30
Interview with Mario Markus: Poetry and Chemistry,
ChemViews Magazine 2013.
DOI: 10.1002/chemv.201300010
The poems have also been published in German in:
- Chemische Gedichte,
Mario Markus,
Shaker Media, Herzogenrath, Germany, 2011.
ISBN: 978-3868587012
See all poems published so far by ChemistryViews.org.