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The lost elements : the periodic table's shadow side /
The Periodic Table of Elements hasn''t always looked like it does now, a well-organized chart arranged by atomic number. In the mid-nineteenth century, chemists were of the belief that the elements should be sorted by atomic weight. However, the weights of many elements were calculated inc...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2014]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Before 1789: early errors and early elements
- 1789-1869: from Lavoisier to Mendeleev: the first errors at the dawn of the concept of the chemical element
- 1869-1913: from the periodic table to Moseley's law: rips and tears in Mendeleev's net
- 1914-1939: from nuclear classification to the first accelerators: chemists' paradise lost ... (and physicists' paradise regained)
- 1939-present: beyond uranium, to the stars
- Modern alchemy: the dream to transmute the elements has always been with us.