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_aPQ4872.E8 _bS513 1996 |
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_aLevi, Primo _d(, 1919-1987) |
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_aSistema periodico _l. English |
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_aThe periodic table _c/ Primo Levi ; translated from the Italian by Raymond Rosenthal ; with an introduction by Neal Ascherson |
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_aNew York _b: Alfred A. Knopf _c, 1996. |
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_axxv, 241 p. _b: ill. _c; 21 cm. |
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_aEveryman's library _v; 218 |
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504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. xvii). | ||
520 | _aThis 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. | ||
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_aAuthors, Italian _y-20th century _v--Biography |
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700 | 1 | _aRosenthal, Raymond | |
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