The periodic table : a very short introduction

Summary: In this authoritative Very Short Introduction to The Periodic Table, Eric 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780199582495 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0199582491
Physical Description: print
xx, 147 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 139) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The elements -- A quick overview of the modern periodic table -- Atomic weight, triads, and Prout -- Steps toward the periodic table -- The Russian genius--Mendeleev -- Physics invades the periodic table -- Electronic structure -- Quantum mechanics -- Modern alchemy: from missing elements to synthetic elements -- Forms of the periodic table.