Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance

by Eric Scerri

Book Overview

The periodic table is one of the most potent icons in science. It lies at the core of chemistry and embodies the most fundamental principles of the field. The one definitive text on the development of the periodic table by van Spronsen (1969), has been out of print for a considerable time. The present book provides a successor to van Spronsen, but goes further in giving an evaluation of the extent to which modern physics has, or has not, explained...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195305736
• ISBN13: 9780195305739
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"