The Periodic-Table—A Universal Icon: Its Birth 150 Years Ago, and Its Popularization Through Literature Art and Music

Sason Shaik; Eduard Cremades; Santiago Alvarez

doi:10.1002/anie.201904584

The Periodic-Table—A Universal Icon: Its Birth 150 Years Ago, and Its Popularization Through Literature Art and Music

Sason Shaik^*, Eduard Cremades, Santiago Alvarez

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Institute of Chemistry

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This Essay projects the spark of genius of Mendeleev, whose efforts led to the effective formulation of the periodic table, which has placed the entire world of chemical matter on a palm. The periodic table gave rise to a central paradigm, which did for chemistry what Newton had done for physics and Darwin for biology. Subsequently the Essay recounts the popularization of the Periodic Table through literature by Primo Levi, Oliver Sacks and others, and through music and art by composers and artists, such as Jerry Feldman, the King Crimson band, Tom Lehrer, and George Brecht, Blair Bradshaw, Eugènia Balcells, etc.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	13194-13206
Number of pages	13
Journal	Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume	58
Issue number	38
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201904584
State	Published - 16 Sep 2019

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Keywords

history of chemistry
Mendeleev
Oliver Sacks
periodic table
Primo Levi

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