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Collected Papers on Philosophy of Chemistry
Eric R. Scerri

Imperial College Press, 2008

This book represents a collection of papers from one of the founders of the new Philosophy of Chemistry. It is only the second single-author collection of papers on the Philosophy of Chemistry. The author is the editor-in-chief of Foundations of Chemistry, the leading journal in the field. He has recently gained worldwide success with his book on the periodic table of the elements titled The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance. ...

The periodic table on tour.: An article from: Canadian Chemical News
Eric R. Scerri

Thomson Gale, 2007

This digital document is an article from Canadian Chemical News, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2007. The length of the article is 816 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: The periodic table on tour. Author: Eric R. ...

The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance

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Eric R. Scerri

Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

Beautiful Patterns
Humans are exquisitely good at finding patterns. Sometimes those patterns turn out to be illusory, such as the constellations. Sometimes they turn out to be very real, such as the patterns illustrated by the periodic table of the elements. Eric Scerri, in his book The Periodic Table, has done an excellent job of presenting a "warts and all" history of the periodic table. Instead of presenting ...