Mendeleyev's dream
Subtitle: the quest for the elements
By: Paul Strathern.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: 2001
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.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: I. In the Beginning 9; title: 2. The Practice of Alchemy 29; title: 3. Genius and Gibberish 5I; title: 4. Paracelsus 70; title: 5. Trial and Error 99; title: 6. The Elements of Science 126; title: 7. A Born-again Science I59; title: 8. Things Never Seen Before 187; title: 9. The Great Phlogiston Mystery 202; title: Io. The Mystery Solved 225; title: I i. A Formula for Chemistry 242; title: 12. The Search for a Hidden Structure 253; title: I3. Mendeleyev 262; title: 14. The Periodic Table 286; title: Further Reading 295; title: Index 303.