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Zusatztext [These] individual essays are of considerable interest and value to this field of research. Informationen zum Autor Eric Scerri is a full-time lecturer at UCLA. He is the author of numerous OUP books including A Tale of Seven Scientists and a New Philosophy of Science (2016) and The Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction (2012).Guillermo Restrepo is a visiting professor in the Bioinformatics Group at Leipzig University. Klappentext An edited volume featuring chapters on multidisciplinary aspects of the Periodic Table, particularly focusing on the history and philosophy of chemistry Zusammenfassung An edited volume featuring chapters on multidisciplinary aspects of the Periodic Table, particularly focusing on the history and philosophy of chemistry Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Heavy, Superheavy...Quo Vadis? 2. Nuclear Lattice Model and the Electronic Configuration of the Chemical Elements 3. Amateurs and Professionals in Chemistry: The Case of the Periodic System 4. The Periodic System: A Mathematical Approach 5. The "Chemical Mechanics" of the Periodic Table 6. The Grand Periodic Function 7. What Elements Belong in Group 3 of the Periodic Table? 8. The Periodic Table Retrieved from Density Functional Theory Based Concepts: The Electron Density, the Shape Function and the Linear Response Function 9. Resemioticization of Periodicity: A Social Semiotic Perspective 10. Organizing the Transition Metals 11. The Earth Scientist's Periodic Table of the Elements and Their Ions: A New Periodic Table Founded on Non-Traditional Concepts 12. The Origin of Mendeleev's Discovery of the Periodic System 13. Richard Abegg and the Periodic Table 14. The Chemist as Philosopher: D. I. Mendeleev's "The Unit" and "Worldview" 15. The Philosophical Importance of the Periodic Table
