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The Periodic Table - Its Story and Its Significance (Hardcover)
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The Periodic Table - Its Story and Its Significance (Hardcover)
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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 the
periodic system. The book is written in a lively style to appeal to
experts and interested lay-persons alike.
The Periodic Table begins with an overview of the importance of
the periodic table and of the elements and it examines the manner
in which the term 'element' has been interpreted by chemists and
philosophers. The book then turns to a systematic account of the
early developments that led to the classification of the elements
including the work of Lavoisier, Boyle and Dalton and Cannizzaro.
The precursors to the periodic system, like Dobereiner and Gmelin,
are discussed. In chapter 3 the discovery of the periodic system by
six independent scientists is examined in detail.
Two chapters are devoted to the discoveries of Mendeleev, the
leading discoverer, including his predictions of new elements and
his accommodation of already existing elements. Chapters 6 and 7
consider the impact of physics including the discoveries of
radioactivity and isotopy and successive theories of the electron
including Bohr's quantum theoretical approach. Chapter 8 discusses
the response to the new physical theories by chemists such as Lewis
and Bury who were able to draw on detailed chemical knowledge to
correct some of the early electronicconfigurations published by
Bohr and others.
Chapter 9 provides a critical analysis of the extent to which
modern quantum mechanics is, or is not, able to explain the
periodic system from first principles. Finally, chapter 10
considers the way that the elements evolved following the Big Bang
and in the interior of stars. The book closes with an examination
of further chemical aspects including lesser known trends within
the periodic system such as the knight's move relationship and
secondary periodicity, as well at attempts to explain such trends.
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