Since then, the periodic table has evolved to reflect over 150 years of scientific development and understanding in chemistry and physics. Today, with 118 known elements, it is widely regarded as one ...

However, he is remembered for his search for a pattern in inorganic chemistry. Just four years before Mendeleev announced his periodic table, Newlands noticed that there were similarities between ...

Can philosophy make worthwhile contributions to science? Eric Scerri thinks it can, and looks at what it has brought to the table for chemistry. Some years ago I bought a T-shirt at an American ...