Mendeleyev's Dream: The Quest for the Elements - Paul Strathern
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Mendeleyev's Dream: The Quest for theElements
On a wintry February day in 1869 the great Russian chemist Dmitri ... Last Update 28.11.2009 05:47
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Mendeleyev's Dream: The Quest for theElements
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The Russian chemist Dmitry Mendeleyev can be considered to be the father of chemistry. Without his Periodic Table, and the understanding of the elements that it facilitated, it's unlikely that we would have the marvellous materials and chemical products that we take for granted today. Imagine a world without plastics, semiconductors, alloys, refrigerating agents, or explosives; we would literally still be in the dark ages. In 1869, Mendeleyev was grappling with the problem of the chemical elements. Elements are materials that cannot be broken down into a simpler form (e.g. sodium and chlorine are elements whereas salt (sodium chloride) is a compound formed ... Read the complete review
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