The periodic table : a very short introduction / Eric R. Scerri.
Series: Very short introductionsPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: 147 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN:- 9780199582495 (pbk.)
- 0199582491 (pbk.)
- 546.8 22
- QD467 .S344 2011
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 139) and index.
1. Introduction; 2. Atomic weight, Triads and Prout; 3. Steps towards the periodic table; 4. Triumph of a Russian genius; 5. The impact of the new physics; 6. How the electron explains the periodic table; 7. How chemists reacted; 8. Quantum Mechanics makes further advances; 9. Forged in the stars; 10. Back to Chemistry; 11. Why so many tables? Which is best?; Further reading.
In this authoritative Very Short Introduction to The Periodic Table, Eric Scerri presents a modern and fresh exploration of this fundamental topic in the physical sciences, considering the deeper implications of the arrangements of the table to atomic physics and quantum mechanics.
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