Credit for the periodic table of the elements generally goes to Dimitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, but a specialist in the history and philosophy of chemistry says the Russian chemist probably peeked at the ...

The periodic table stares down from the walls of just about every chemistry lab. The credit for its creation generally goes to Dimitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist who in 1869 wrote out the known ...

Would it surprise you to know that the periodic table, as we know it, isn’t the first table of elements? That even the order of the elements has changed from its original structure? Like many other ...

The periodic table, also called the periodic table of elements, is an organized arrangement of the 118 known chemical elements. The chemical elements are arranged from left to right and top to bottom ...

Dmitri Mendeleev, the Russian chemist who published what is regarded as the first widely recognised periodic table, has been celebrated with his own Google doodle on what would have been his 182nd ...

The periodic table merges scientific inquiry, international politics, hero worship, desires for structure and desires for credit. Formally, the modern periodic table is a systematic arrangement of the ...

This year we celebrate the 150 th anniversary of Mendeleev’s achievement in formulating the structure of the periodic table that we use today. He announced his structure in 1869, but the challenge of ...

Everybody remembers trying to learn the periodic table in science lessons at school. The table is one of the fundamental building blocks of chemistry, explaining the relationship between different ...

The father of the periodic table, Dmitri Mendeleev, has been commemorated with a Google Doodle to mark his 182nd birthday. Born in 1834 in Siberia, the Russian chemist and inventor formulated the ...

Russian chemist may have peeked at predecessor's work, but he still should get credit for modern chemistry, says author. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, ...