The Periodic Table of Elements and Dmitry Mendeleyev

by Fred Bortz

Aligned to Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects, this volume helps students understand the central ideas of Mendeleyev's periodic law. Mendeleyev's major breakthrough was his arranging of the elements in sequence by atomic weight but recognizing that there were gaps where no elements had yet been discovered. This account of Mendeleyev's struggling childhood in Tobolsk, Siberia, teaching in St. Petersburg, writing The Principles of Chemistry,...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477718079
• ISBN13: 9781477718070
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Rosen Young Adult
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12