The Periodic Kingdom: Review

Part I of Essay
In his book The Periodic Kingdom, P.W. Atkins takes a different approach to trying to explain the periodic table to the common reader. He compares the periodic table to a kingdom and then uses other analogies and similes to explain different aspects of the table. When you f ....

Part II of Essay
.... almost fathomless gorges; hills gradually rise from plains to become towering mountains.” By using this type of vocabulary at the beginning of the novel to describe the table it prepares you for the analogies used later on in the novel. Also it is very helpful in understanding the suttle nuances of the periodic table. The first chapter gives you an introduction into Atkins’ thinking, we learn of that the periodic kingdom is splits into “provinces”, such as the Western Desert and the Southern Island. If one does not pay attention in this open ....