Strathern, Paul,  1940- <br/><br/>
Mendeleyev's dream :  the quest for the elements / 
Paul Strathern. 
 - 1st U.S. ed. 
 - New York :  Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press,  2001, c2000. 
 - 308 p. :  ill ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-302) and index. 
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<br/><br/> A history of chemistry, focusing on the life of nineteenth-century Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleyev who conceived the periodic table upon which modern chemistry is founded in a dream. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0312262043 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907. <br/>Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Chemical elements.<br/>Chemistry--History.<br/>Chemists--Russia (Federation)--Biography.<br/>Chemical elements.<br/>Chemistry--History.<br/>Chemists--Russia (Federation)--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>540/.9