# The Periodic Table

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- Authors: [Primo Levi](https://www.bookquiver.com/primo-levi)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 1995-09-21

## Description

A chemist by training, Primo Levi became one of the supreme witnesses to twentieth-century atrocity. In these haunting reflections inspired by the elements of the periodic table, he ranges from young love to political savagery; from the inert gas argon - and 'inert' relatives like the uncle who stayed in bed for twenty-two years - to life-giving carbon. 'Iron' honours the mountain-climbing resistance hero who put iron in Levi's student soul, 'Cerium' recalls the improvised cigarette lighters which saved his life in Auschwitz, while 'Vanadium' describes an eerie post-war correspondence with the man who had been his 'boss' there. All are written with characteristically understated eloquence and shot through with deep humanity.

## Editions

### The Periodic Table

- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-02-4195-681-6
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2012-04-05
- Language: en_GB

### The Periodic Table

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4118-514-9
- Pages: 224
- Published: 2000-09-07
- Language: en_GB

### The Periodic Table

- Publisher: everyman_s_library
- ISBN: 978-06-7944-463-3
- Pages: 278
- Published: 1996-10-01
- Language: en_US

### The Periodic Table

- Publisher: Everyman
- ISBN: 978-18-5715-218-0
- Pages: 280
- Published: 1995-09-21
- Language: en_GB

### The Periodic Table

- Publisher: schocken
- ISBN: 978-08-0521-041-5
- Pages: 256
- Published: 1995-04-04
- Language: en_US