Mendeleyev's dream : the quest for the elements / Paul Strathern.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Berkley Books, 2002.Edition: Berkley trade pbk. edDescription: 308 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0425184676
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QD22.M43 S87 2002
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Contents:
In the beginning -- Practice of alchemy -- Genius and gibberish -- Paracelsus -- Trial and error -- Elements of science -- Born-again science -- Things never seen before -- Great phlogiston mystery -- Mystery solved -- Formula for chemistry -- Search for a hidden structure -- Mendeleyev -- Periodic table.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection QD 22 .M43 S87 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98624166

Originally published: London ; New York : Hamish Hamilton, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In the beginning -- Practice of alchemy -- Genius and gibberish -- Paracelsus -- Trial and error -- Elements of science -- Born-again science -- Things never seen before -- Great phlogiston mystery -- Mystery solved -- Formula for chemistry -- Search for a hidden structure -- Mendeleyev -- Periodic table.

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