At a Scottish university, the oldest periodic table of elements was unearthed, dating back just a few years after the concept ...

The periodic table of elements—also known as Mendeleev’s table—was developed in 1869 by Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev. It organizes all known chemical elements by their atomic number, which is the ...

The modern periodic table, arranged in rows and columns, was first introduced by Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869. At the time, it included the known elements and their properties, but Mendeleev predicted ...

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 ...

This is a guest editorial by Eric Scerri, a lecturer in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles, and author of “The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its ...

The periodic table of elements is one of the most significant tools in science, organizing all known chemical elements in a structured and meaningful way. It helps scientists understand element ...

As students, any chemistry with chemistry was jeopardised while memorising the periodic table. Staring at the table of elements arranged in order, there was no excitement but agony. Dmitri Mendeleev ...