The Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements - hosted by lalu

H - Hydrogen
The first element of the periodic table and the lightest, because it usually only consists of one proton and one electron. Add a neutron and you get an isotope called deuterium (D).
Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe and also one of the first - 379,000 years after the big bang, when the universe had cooled down a bit, nuclei and electrons started to combine into atoms and most of them where hydrogen.
Sounds all very spacey? Well actually hydrogen is all around and inside us. There's hydrogen in water, sugar, proteins, fats, plastic and in the air.

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H is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z by Elizabeth Kolbert

H is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z

Elizabeth Kolbert

160 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction essays nature science
Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane

Landmarks

Landmarks #4

Robert Macfarlane

448 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction essays history nature emotional reflective slow-paced
The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson

The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

Shauna Robinson

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Snow by Orhan Pamuk

Snow

Orhan Pamuk

436 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction contemporary reflective medium-paced
Tier 1 by Cindy Gunderson

Tier 1

Tier Trilogy #1

Cindy Gunderson

7 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction dystopian romance adventurous slow-paced
Hex by Jenni Fagan

Hex

Jenni Fagan

101 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy dark emotional sad fast-paced
Solitaire by Alice Oseman

Solitaire

Solitaire #1

Alice Oseman

260 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Beautifull Cassandra by Jane Austen

The Beautifull Cassandra

Jane Austen

55 pages • first pub 1793 (editions)

fiction classics romance short stories funny lighthearted fast-paced
In Great Waters by Kit Whitfield

In Great Waters

Kit Whitfield

401 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical young adult adventurous challenging slow-paced
From Now On: Short Comic Tales of The Fantastic by Malachi Ward

From Now On: Short Comic Tales of The Fantastic

Malachi Ward

144 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction comics science fiction adventurous slow-paced