The periodic table of the elements, principally created by the Russian chemist, Dmitry Mendeleev (1834-1907), celebrated its 150th anniversary last year. It would be hard to overstate its importance ...
Iodine is an essential element - without which we would suffer severe developmental problems - and yet most of us have no idea how much we need, or where it comes from. In Their Element: Awesome ...
Editor’s note: The following, originally published with the title “Putting the Elements in Their Places,” is the introduction to the Scientific American Classics special digital edition,“The Quest for ...
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