★This brilliant book makes complex scientific ideas easy to understand.
★Inspiring, funny and though-provoking anecdotes leaven the text, and bring to life a sense of the real people behind huge scientific breakthroughs.
★Illustrations by Roy Hermelin bring the text to life with a modern sense of energy, fun and humour.

Did you know that the two ingredients that make up table salt-sodium and chlorine - are both incredibly poisonous? Or that everything in the universe is made of just 92 different elements? This endlessly fascinating book explores not just the elements, but the story of their discovery and the way that our modern understanding of chemistry has revolutionised our lives. It's absolutely packed with surprising and eye-opening facts, and a blast to read. What's the best book for budding scientists aged 8+? The answer is elementary!

Lisa Regan
Lisa Regan is an experienced children's non-fiction writer, specialising in science, paths, and engineering books.

Roy Hermelin
Roy Hermelin is a New York city based illustrator, born in Israel. He has been working as an in-house and freelance artist since 2012, focusing primarily on children's books and design for animation. Roy works digitally using drawing software to create illustrations, and also traditionally using mediums like gouache and colored pencils. Besides his illustration work, he enjoys painting landscapes and outdoor scenes, is fascinated with color and light, and is a keen observer and drawer of people in their natural habitats. He is represented in the UK by Beehive illustration agency.