For the science teacher, there is also a periodic table explanation behind the term isotope. The usual names, Dalton, Thomson and Rutherford are included but also added are Mosley, Becquerel and Röntgen. The chapter on Physics and the Periodic Table provides an excellent and concise history of developments of atomic structure which ultimately cemented the Periodic Table's significance. With the table discovered and presented, Scerri now delves into the driving force behind it, namely atomic theory. While Mendeleev was not the only one to formulate a table and not even the first, he did more to advance the table and to use it to predict new elements. This is followed by an entire chapter on Mendeleev. Familiar names such as Cannizzaro and Avogadro play into the eventual organization. Here we see how the scientists of the time struggled to make sense of the natural world. Here one will observe a number of early forms of the table to compare against our present one.Īfter these two introductory chapters, he moves onto atomic weights and triads of elements. This is followed by a quick overview of the table and the need for order, for patterning. While the book is not about the elements themselves, Scerri does begin with The Elements, starting with Aristotle's four and moving quickly to Lavoisier's time when about thirty elements were known. Rounding out the book, he adds an extra preface to the second edition and a list of further readings. Scerri has organized his book along 10 chapters the first half are roughly historical in nature while the latter half deals with the quantum mechanical model and electron configurations as they relate to the periodic table, as well as more modern topics that involve the expansion of the table. As such it offers excellent historical background and helpful additional information that can be very useful for the chemistry teacher as it can add both depth and breadth to one's lessons. 2 This one is different, however, in that it is not about the elements at all but revolves around the actual table. Readers of Chem 13 News will have seen recent reports for books on the Periodic Table. The second edition was timed to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Periodic Table and the International Year of the Periodic Table (IYPT).
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This Very Short Introduction is actually part of a very large series of books by the Oxford University Press on a very wide variety of subjects. The Periodic Table - A Very Short Introduction, by Eric R Scerri, 2019 Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 154 pages, paperback, ISBN 978-0-19-884232-3 $11.95 USD
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