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Named Person: | Dmitrij Ivanovič Mendeleev; Dimitri Ivanovitch Mendeleïev |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael D Gordin |
ISBN: | 9780691172385 0691172382 |
OCLC Number: | 1100270614 |
Notes: | Bibliogr. p. 247-349. |
Description: | 1 v. (XX-361 p.) : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Responsibility: | Michael D. Gordin. |
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"Fascinating."-Publishers Weekly "The periodic chart now hangs on the wall of countless classrooms, and occupies textbooks, websites and T-shirts. . . . Working long before nuclear scientists reached Los Alamos, Mendeleev was this kingdom's first successful cartographer."-Simon Schaffer, London Review of Books "Engaging. . . . [T]he most comprehensive biography in English about Mendeleev."-Ursula Klein, Physics Today "Highly readable."-Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Nature "This fine book presents a compelling portrait of Mendeleev as a Russian thinker, a member of the small cohort of Petersburg elite who shaped Russian science, politics, and culture. . . . For anyone interested in Mendeleev or the place of science in late nineteenth-century Russia, this is required reading."-Mark B. Adams, Slavic Review "A serious and interesting exploration of the life and times of Dmitrii Mendeleev."-Carmen Giunta, Foundations of Chemistry Read more...

