The periodic table
Levi, Primo (, 1919-1987)
The periodic table / Primo Levi ; translated from the Italian by Raymond Rosenthal ; with an introduction by Neal Ascherson - New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 1996. - xxv, 241 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - Everyman's library ; 218 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. xvii).
This curious memoir by an Italian Jew who came of age under Mussolini is organized by the periodic table of the elements, chapter titles range from Argon to Zinc. Levi portrays himself as a young, aspiring chemist eager to fathom nature's secrets. The sections describing his ordeal in a detention camp, awaiting deportation to Auschwitz, are the most vivid.
9780679444633
96008920
Authors, Italian---20th century----Biography
PQ4872.E8 / S513 1996
92 LEV
The periodic table / Primo Levi ; translated from the Italian by Raymond Rosenthal ; with an introduction by Neal Ascherson - New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 1996. - xxv, 241 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - Everyman's library ; 218 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. xvii).
This curious memoir by an Italian Jew who came of age under Mussolini is organized by the periodic table of the elements, chapter titles range from Argon to Zinc. Levi portrays himself as a young, aspiring chemist eager to fathom nature's secrets. The sections describing his ordeal in a detention camp, awaiting deportation to Auschwitz, are the most vivid.
9780679444633
96008920
Authors, Italian---20th century----Biography
PQ4872.E8 / S513 1996
92 LEV
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