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The Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition, Eric R. Scerri
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The Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition

Author: Eric R. Scerri

Narrator: Eric Scerri

Unabridged: 4 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Published: 06/29/2021

Genre: Science - Life Sciences - Biochemistry

Synopsis

The periodic table of elements, first encountered by many of us at school, provides an arrangement of the chemical elements, ordered by their atomic number, electron configuration, and recurring chemical properties, and divided into periodic trends. In this Very Short Introduction Eric R. Scerri looks at the trends in properties of elements that led to the construction of the table, and shows how the deeper meaning of the table's structure gradually became apparent with the development of atomic theory and, in particular, quantum mechanics, which underlies the behavior of all of the elements and their compounds. This new edition celebrates the completion of the seventh period of the table, with the ratification and naming of elements 113, 115, 117, and 118 as nihonium, moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson. Eric R. Scerri also incorporates new material on recent advances in our understanding of the origin of the elements, as well as developments concerning group three of the periodic table.

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