The Elemental Expedition: A Strategy Guide to Mastering the Periodic Table with 118 Characters

Author Agedori Dori · Publisher Willbook Junior · Published 2026-05-26 · ISBN 9791155819326

About the Book

Don't just memorize chemistry, fall in love with it!
A new concept guide to the periodic table, learned like a game setting book.

The periodic table of elements, an eternal homework assignment for STEM students. Many students are still memorizing the periodic table by chanting "H, He, Li, Be, B, C, N..." As children, they memorized dinosaur names by heart, and now they can recite skill trees and item characteristics of game characters, but memorizing the periodic table remains difficult. If you're tired of the arduous rote memorization that you'll quickly forget after the exam, then meet "Element Expedition: A Guide to Mastering the Periodic Table with 118 Characters." "Element Expedition" goes beyond simply listing the names and properties of elements; it allows readers to explore the world of the periodic table, meet characters, and acquire scientific knowledge through narrative and experience, as if conquering a game world.

By exploring a vast continent built upon the periodic table of elements, you will encounter key elements that are active in our surroundings and gain a deep understanding of the world of chemistry. The moment you open "Element Expedition," you will encounter the grand story created by elements, the smallest entities that make up our world.

Meet unique element characters that faithfully reflect the properties and rules of elements,
with splendid and sophisticated illustrations!

The personification of elements is a method often used to introduce them. "Element Expedition" is also a book that personifies elements, but the author, a chemistry enthusiast, did not stop at personifying each element but created a world where elements live like people. In "Element Expedition," the personified element characters sometimes work together and sometimes conflict according to their groups and periods, creating a vibrant narrative.

For example, carbon (C), an element with four bonding arms that is central to countless compounds, is depicted in "Element Expedition" as a scholar with four arms who is always creating new things. Silicon (Si), a material used in semiconductors, is a prophet who predicts the future with exceptional calculation abilities. Dangerous radioactive elements like uranium (U) and einsteinium (Es), which are actinide elements, are banished from the mainland and live on an archipelago in the south.

The author personally conceived and designed these element characters. The splendid and sophisticated illustrations are a feast for the eyes, like watching fantasy games such as Genesis Chronicle and Blade & Soul, or high-quality animated theatrical films. Immerse yourself in the world of the periodic table with these element characters born from rich scientific knowledge and splendid, sophisticated artwork.

Highly recommended by Professor Kosuke Morita of RIKEN, discoverer of element 113, Nihonium (Nh)!
The most accurate chemistry book at this moment, supervised by Professor Jang Hong-je, a chemistry YouTuber with 110,000 subscribers, "Chemistry Haak" (Chemistry Haak)!

Science is an ever-changing field. What was true in the past may be false today, and what is true today may be erroneous in the future. "Element Expedition" contains the most accurate information at this moment, thanks to the meticulous supervision of Professor Jang Hong-je of Kwangwoon University's Department of Chemistry, known as a chemistry YouTuber with 110,000 subscribers, a mad scientist, and a dark chemist.

Furthermore, from basic knowledge about elements to alchemy and chemistry, how the first elements and the current 118 elements were created, and how new elements are discovered – this book covers all the depths of chemistry that even schools don't teach, which you must know if you aspire to be a science master. This book, highly recommended by Professor Kosuke Morita of RIKEN, who succeeded in synthesizing Nihonium (Nh), the first superheavy element in Asia, is an engaging introduction to chemistry and is also perfect for chemistry enthusiasts who want to understand chemistry in a new way. Let's embark on a grand story created by elements, the smallest entities in the world, with "Element Expedition."


Endorsements

We have always, naturally, interpreted the world we live in solely from a human perspective. However, this book gently twists that familiar viewpoint and restarts the story from the very position of matter itself. The great beings, no longer mere symbols in the periodic table, form relationships, clash, and sometimes harmonize with their own properties.
The unfamiliar setting, never seen before, unfolds like a meticulously designed game world, naturally drawing readers accustomed to fantasy creations filled with magic deep into the story.
Here, science is not an explanation to be heard but a character's narrative, and knowledge is not a memory to be learned but an exciting experience. By the time you finish this grand saga, you might be surprised to discover that the smallest entities that make up the world held an unimaginably vast story.
- Gwedo (Science Communicator, DGIST Adjunct Professor, Author of "Gwedo's Wacky Science Book")

Table of Contents

Prologue Welcome to the World of Elements

Chapter 1 Elements That Have Been With Humanity

Chapter 2 How to Walk the Periodic Table

Chapter 3 Between Magic and Science

Chapter 4 The First Elements

Chapter 5 Unstable Power

Final Chapter The Traveler Leaving the Island

Curtain Call