Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9780198842323 |
| ISBN10: | 0198842325 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 192 pages |
| Size: | 174x112x9 mm |
| Weight: | 141 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 15 black and white line drawings |
| 723 |
Category:
The Periodic Table
A Very Short Introduction
Series:
Very Short Introductions;
Edition number: 2
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Date of Publication: 25 July 2019
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Short description:
Eric R. Scerri presents a modern and fresh exploration of this fundamental topic in the physical sciences, considering the deeper implications of the arrangements of the table to atomic physics and quantum mechanics. This new edition celebrates the completion of the 7th period of the table, with the naming of elements 113, 115, 117, and 118
Long description:
The periodic table of elements, first encountered by many of us at school, provides an arrangement of the chemical elements, ordered by their atomic number, electron configuration, and recurring chemical properties, and divided into periodic trends. In this Very Short Introduction Eric R. Scerri looks at the trends in properties of elements that led to the construction of the table, and shows how the deeper meaning of the table's structure gradually became apparent with the development of atomic theory and, in particular, quantum mechanics, which underlies the behaviour of all of the elements and their compounds.
This new edition, publishing in the International Year of the Periodic Table, celebrates the completion of the seventh period of the table, with the ratification and naming of elements 113, 115, 117, and 118 as nihonium, moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson. Eric R. Scerri also incorporates new material on recent advances in our understanding of the origin of the elements, as well as developments concerning group three of the periodic table.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
In the 150 years since Mendeleev unveiled his periodic table, much has been written about chemistry's iconic organizing system. But for a concise and up-to-the-moment summary of the table's origins, significance and continuing growth, Eric Scerri's introduction can't be bettered.
This new edition, publishing in the International Year of the Periodic Table, celebrates the completion of the seventh period of the table, with the ratification and naming of elements 113, 115, 117, and 118 as nihonium, moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson. Eric R. Scerri also incorporates new material on recent advances in our understanding of the origin of the elements, as well as developments concerning group three of the periodic table.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
In the 150 years since Mendeleev unveiled his periodic table, much has been written about chemistry's iconic organizing system. But for a concise and up-to-the-moment summary of the table's origins, significance and continuing growth, Eric Scerri's introduction can't be bettered.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Atomic weight, Triads and Prout
Steps towards the periodic table
Triumph of a Russian genius
The impact of the new physics
How the electron explains the periodic table
How chemists reacted
Quantum Mechanics makes further advances
Forged in the stars
Back to chemistry
Why so many tables? Which is best?
Further reading
Index
Atomic weight, Triads and Prout
Steps towards the periodic table
Triumph of a Russian genius
The impact of the new physics
How the electron explains the periodic table
How chemists reacted
Quantum Mechanics makes further advances
Forged in the stars
Back to chemistry
Why so many tables? Which is best?
Further reading
Index
