Mendeleyev's Dream: The Quest for the Elements

by Strathern, Paul
ISBN: 9781643130699
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Framing this history is the life story of the nineteenth-century Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleyev, who fell asleep at his desk and awoke after conceiving the periodic table in a dream-the template upon which modern chemistry is founded and the formulation of which marked chemistry's coming of age as a science. From ancient philosophy through medieval alchemy to the splitting of the atom, this is the true story of the birth of chemistry and the role of one man's dream.

In this elegant, erudite, and entertaining book, Paul Strathern unravels the quixotic history of chemistry through the quest for the elements.
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Strathern, Paul
  • ISBN: 9781643130699
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.40 x 1.40
  • Number Of Pages: 320
  • Publication Year: 2019