A century and a half ago, a Russian chemistry professor published a classification of all the known elements, organized by atomic weight. Today, the system that he created for his students — plus some ...

Credit for the periodic table of the elements generally goes to Dimitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, but a specialist in the history and philosophy of chemistry says the Russian chemist probably peeked at the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On Feb. 17, 1869, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev published his first attempt to sort the ...

Advocates of the liberal arts approach to education will love the historical and political backdrop painted by biographer Michael D. Gordin to illustrate the culture of 19th-century Russia during the ...

" Periodic Table" is a table in which elements, which are basic units constituting substances, are arranged such that their physical or scientific properties are similarly aligned. The periodic table, ...

Everybody remembers trying to learn the periodic table in science lessons at school. The table is one of the fundamental building blocks of chemistry, explaining the relationship between different ...

March 13, 1869, is considered to be the day when Dmitry Mendeleev completed his work on the Periodic Table of Elements. This table represented the most vital and personal achievement of Russian ...

Google is celebrating the 182nd birthday of the Russian chemist, Dmitri Mendeleev, who created the Periodic Table of Elements, which is memorized by students and chemists the world over. The so-called ...

Russian chemist may have peeked at predecessor's work, but he still should get credit for modern chemistry, says author. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, ...