A Day in the Life of the Periodic Table

A laugh-out-loud guide to the periodic table from comedian and chemist Freya McGhee.

‘Had me laughing and learning, all the way from Actinium to Zirconium’ Adam Kay

Hi! Im Hydrogen, but you can call me H. I am the smallest element in the universe, but dont underestimate me. I was here FIRST, before all the other elements. (Literally, Ive been around since the very beginning before the planets, the stars and even your great-great-great gran.). Follow me as we explore a day in the life of a periodic table.

• This laugh-out-loud guide to the periodic table is the perfect funny read to teach kids aged 9+ about science without them even noticing.

• Packed with fascinating facts about real-life chemistry such as, did you know the potassium in bananas makes them radioactive? (Don’t worry, you’d need to eat about 10 million of them to get the same radiation as an X-ra