TY  - BOOK
AU  - Strathern,Paul
TI  - Mendeleyev's dream: the quest for the elements 
SN  - 0425184676
AV  - QD22.M43 S87 2002
PY  - 2002///
CY  - New York
PB  - Berkley Books
KW  - Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich,
KW  - Chemists
KW  - Russia (Federation)
KW  - Biography
KW  - Chemical elements
KW  - Chemistry
KW  - History
N1  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy034/2002022649.h tml
ER  -