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The politics of the periodic table – who gets the credit and why

  • Written by Kelling Donald, Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Richmond
Random arrangement of the elements.arleksey/Shutterstock.com

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 known chemical elements. The table is organized in an orderly way that shows the...

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