Mendeleyev's Dream: the Quest for the Elements.PAUL STRATHERN Paul Strathern (1940-) is a British writer and academic. He was born in London, and studied at Trinity College, Dublin. His novel A Season in Abyssinia won a Somerset Maugham Award in 1972. The author describes chemistry by recounting the advances made by philosophers and scientists from the ancient Greeks This an alphabetical list of ancient Greeks. These include ethnic Greeks and Greek language speakers from Greece and the Mediterranean world up to about 200 AD. : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related articles A to the inventor of the periodic table, Dmitri Mendeleyev. Strathern transports us to hair-raising times when alchemists An alchemist was a person versed in the art of alchemy, an ancient branch of natural philosophy that eventually evolved into chemistry and pharmacology. Alchemy flourished in the Islamic world during the Middle Ages, and then in Europe from the 13th to the 18th centuries. used strange, oftentimes of·ten·times also oft·times adv. Frequently; repeatedly. Adv. 1. oftentimes - many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee" frequently, oft, often, ofttimes poisonous concoctions alternately attempting to cure human ailments and turn "sick metal" into gold. Continuing along the odd path that alchemists blazed, fascinating personalities advanced concepts that explained the chemical world and eventually led Mendeleyev to dream up his periodic table. Originally published in hardcover in 2001. Berkeley, 2002, 309 p., b&w illus., paperback, $14.00. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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