NEW EDITION includes a 12-page removable fold-out Timeline History of the
Periodic Table that's been updated through 2017, as well as an updated chart of
the elements which includes the four latest additions to the Periodic Table
(Tennessine, Nihonium, Moscovium, and Oganesson).
In 1869 Dmitri Mendeleev presented the world with the Periodic Table. It
contained 63 elements, many more than the four--earth, water, fire, and
air--established in the ancient world, but less than half the total in our
modern table. Mendeleev believed there were many elements still to come. He was
right.
With over 300 illustrations, this essential guide to the Periodic Table, tracks
the history of a powerful