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WONDERFUL LIFE WITH THE ELEMENTS. Copyright 2012 by Bunpei Yorifuji.

Wonderful Life with the Elements is a translation of the Japanese original, , published
by Kagaku Dojin Publishing Company, Inc., 2009 by Bunpei Yorifuji. English translation rights
arranged through Japan UNI Agency, Inc., Tokyo.

All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by
any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information
storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner and the
publisher.

Printed in China

First printing

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ISBN-10: 1-59327-423-8
ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-423-8

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All characters in this publication are fictitious, and any resemblance to real persons, living or
dead, is purely coincidental.

PREFACE

Do you know what happens if you inhale a lot of helium? Back when I was
an art student, I bought two canisters of pure helium for one of my works.
Inhaling helium, as you might know, raises the pitch of your voice. But com
mon helium balloons dont really raise your voice that much, and it goes back
to normal right away.

BUT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO PRODUCE SOME REALLY FUNKY NOISES WITH THESE.

So I exhaled with all my might, opened one of the canisters, and filled my
lungs with as much helium as I could. And everything just went black. I tried
to breathe, but all I could really do was gasp, as no air would grace my lungs.
I could feel the warmth leaving my body as I started to lose consciousness.
It was only after this experience that I learned that inhaling pure helium can
lead to suffocation and death.

Since I was all alone in the lab, I decided it might be a good idea to call out
for help.

IN SUPER SOPRANO: HELP MEEE....

But that voice! Inhaling helium is dangerous in more than one way. The first
is that it suffocates you, and the second is that even if you call for help, your
cries will probably be dismissed as a bad practical joke.

Exhale

screw
screw

fwip

Inhaaaaale

hehe

Wha...?
My eyes...

gasp
gasp

I ca
cant
breathe...

Were usually not aware of the elements in our daily lives. We dont look at
a desk and instantly think Carbon! And knowing a lot about the elements
doesnt really make you cool (in fact its quite the opposite).

THE CONCEPT OF ELEMENTS DOESNT COME NATURALLY TO US.

First of all, protons, neutrons, and electrons are all so small. And the idea
that you can split this complex world into 118 basic elements isnt easy to
believe. But the concept of the elements also has this aura of serenity that is
hard to resista promise that hints at the true core of all matter. However,
they are still too small to for us to care about in our daily lives, and theyre
too abstract to serve as explanations for why the things around us are as
they are.

In this book, Ive tried to distill these seemingly abstract little things into
something that might be easier to grasp. This book was written with the
help and supervision of Kouhei Tamao of the Institute of Physical and Chemical
Research, Hiromu Sakurai of Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, and Takahito
Terashima of Kyoto University. I dont think there is any real point in trying
to remember everything about every element, but I hope that youll learn a
little about each and every one of themand have funby reading this book.

Help meee...

Surprised at
his own voice

But it went back to
normal right away.

ATOMIC
NUMBER

ELEMENT
PRICE RANKINGS

THE COST OF
ONE HUMAN BEING

ELEMENT
FRIENDS

TROUBLESOME
ELEMENTS

HELIUM

OXYGEN,
AMONG OTHERS

HYDROGEN

HELIUM

OXYGEN,
AMONG OTHERS

HYDROGEN

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