A visual exploration of chemistry, The Stardust That Made Us is the third stunning STEM title from Colin Stuart and Ximo Abadía, following the success of The Speed of Starlight (physics) and The Language of the Universe (mathematics).
Imagine that Nature has an unseen cookbook full of different recipes for making everything you've ever encountered, from fish to fingernails and sand to Saturn. The 'ingredients' are known as chemical elements and there are 118 that we know about so far, which are organised in a grid called the periodic table. Some occur in nature, some are man-made, some are dangerous, some even glow blue!
Stunning surrealist artwork by Ximo Abadía meets easy-to-read informative text by science writer Colin Stuart to create highly engaging content that will inspire future scientists.
Sample contents: Elements Basics/Mendeleev/Organising the Elements/The Big Bang/ Dying Stars/Transition Metals/Halogens/Noble Gases/Pioneering Women Commendable Men/Ytterby/The Human Body/Element 119 and BeyondFocus on popular STEM subjectWritten by highly acclaimed science author and Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, Colin StuartIn recognition of Colin's efforts to popularise astronomy, the asteroid (15347) Colinstuart is named after himIncredible surrealist artwork by Ximo Abadía helps to visualise difficult topicsCOVER: gold foil, 5th colour, matt lam and spot UVThis visual science series has sold a combined total of over 78,000 copies worldwide (as of July 2022)Language of the Universe won the English Association Margaret Mallett Award for Children's Non Fiction 
