The Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) 2nd Edition [289, 2nd ed.] 9780192579706, 0198842325, 9780198842323
The periodic table of elements, first encountered by many of us at school, provides an arrangement of the chemical eleme
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Table of contents :
List of illustrations
1 The elements
2 A quick overview of the modern periodic table
3 Atomic weight, triads, and Prout
4 Steps towards the periodic table
5 The Russian genius: Mendeleev
6 Physics invades the periodic table
7 Electronic structure
8 Quantum mechanics
9 Modern alchemy: from missing elements to synthetic elements
10 Forms of the periodic table
Further reading
Index
