well-ordered thing
Subtitle: Dmitrii Mendeleev and the shadow of the periodic table
By: Michael D. Gordin.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
Subjects: Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, -- 1834-1907; Chemists -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography; Periodic law
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [258]-357) and index.
Table of contents: title: Elements of the system; title: The ideal gas lawyer; title: Chasing ghosts; title: The great reaction; title: The imperial turn; title: Making Newtons; title: Disintegration.