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The story of the enigmatic man who organized chemistry into the periodic table--and of how he tried to organize Imperial Russia. Dmitrii Mendeleev: It's a name we recognize, but only as the disheveled scientist pictured in our high school chemistry textbook, the creator of the periodic... read more

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THE BEST PLACE to begin this very Russian story is in Germany.

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  1. Michael D. Gordin (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
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Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 046502775X
Page Count: 384

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