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 ...

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 ...

" Periodic Table" is a table in which elements, which are basic units constituting substances, are arranged such that their physical or scientific properties are similarly aligned. The periodic table, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Mankind has known materials such as gold, silver, mercury, iron, phosphorous, sulphur and others since antiquity. Alchemists tried making gold out of “base” metals — with no success. But we had to ...

Google is celebrating the 182nd birthday of the Russian chemist, Dmitri Mendeleev, who created the Periodic Table of Elements, which is memorized by students and chemists the world over. The so-called ...

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, ...