Mendeleyev's Dream by Paul Strathern
In this book, Paul Strathern, the award-winning novelist and expositor of complex ideas, unravels the dramatic history of chemistry through the quest for the elements. Framing this history is the life-story of the 19th century Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleyev, who fell asleep at this desk and awoke after dreaming of the Periodic Table - the template upon which modern chemistry is founded, and the formulation of which marked chemistry's coming of age as a science. From ancient philosophy, through medieval alchemy to the splitting of the atom, this is the true story of the birth of chemistry and the role of one man's dream.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780241140659 |
| ISBN 10 | 024114065X |
| Title | Mendeleyev's Dream |
| Author | Paul Strathern |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2000-05-25 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Aventis Prizes for Science Books: General Prize 2001 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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