Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (874 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00K6XLQTA |
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| Number of Pages | : | 507 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Scerri looks at the trends in properties of elements that led to the construction of the periodic table, and how the deeper meaning of its structure gradually became apparent with the development of atomic theory and quantum mechanics, so that physics arguably came to colonize an entirely different science, chemistry.. 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
"“All of chemistry starts with the periodic table”…" according to John P. Jones III. … as the author, Eric Scerri proclaims in this excellent, and long overdue refresher course on a key aspect of the study of matter. I live in Albuquerque, where the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History is located. The entrance floor to the museum is composed of large marble tiles, arranged in the shape and order of the periodic table, with each tile engraved with the symbol of o. R. M. Peterson said Another fine installment in the "A Very Short Introduction" Series. The last time I gave any focused attention to the periodic table was in high school chemistry, back in 1966. I vaguely remembered it as an aesthetically pleasing intellectual construct, so when I stumbled across this installment in Oxford University Press's "A Very Short Introduction" series, I decided to revisit it. I am glad I did.Eric Scerri lectures in chemistry and the history and philosoph. "A nice look at how we got the periodic table" according to Gregory J. Casteel. This short book provides a good overview of the history and development of the periodic table. And, in spite of its brevity, it covers just about everything that anyone other than a chemist or a historian of science might reasonably need to know about the subject. It is well written, and (with the one exception noted below) is reasonably easy to understand. As far as I'm concerned, this book has