Mendeleyev's dream
Subtitle: the quest for the elements
By: Paul Strathern
Edition: Berkley trade pbk. ed
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, -- 1834-1907; Chemists -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography; Chemical elements; Chemistry -- History
Genres: Biography
Notes: Originally published: London ; New York : Hamish Hamilton, 2000

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: In the beginning; title: Practice of alchemy; title: Genius and gibberish; title: Paracelsus; title: Trial and error; title: Elements of science; title: Born-again science; title: Things never seen before; title: Great phlogiston mystery; title: Mystery solved; title: Formula for chemistry; title: Search for a hidden structure; title: Mendeleyev; title: Periodic table