TY  - BOOK
AU  - Scerri,Eric R.
TI  - The periodic table: a very short introduction 
T2  - Very short introductions
SN  - 9780199582495 (pbk.)
AV  - QD467 .S344 2011
U1  - 546.8 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Periodic law
KW  - Tables
KW  - Chemical elements
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -