The Periodic Table by Primo Levi

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(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) The Periodic Table is largely a memoir of the years before and after Primo Levi’s transportation from his native Italy to Auschwitz as an anti-Facist partisan and a Jew. It recounts, in clear, precise, unfailingly beautiful prose, the story of the... read more

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There are the so-called inert gases in the air we breathe.

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argon

hydrogen

zinc

iron

potassium

nickel

lead

mercury

phosphorus

gold

cerium

chromium

sulfur

titanium

arsenic

nitrogen

tin

uranium

silver

vanadium

carbon

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Primo Levi (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Einaudi
Country: Italy
Publication Date: 1975
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Page Count: 238

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Library of Congress: PQ4872 .E8 S5
Dewey: 854.914

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Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Arts & Literature › Authors
Books › Literature & Fiction › Essays

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