A Well-Ordered Thing : : Dmitrii Mendeleev and the Shadow of the Periodic Table, Revised Edition / / Michael D. Gordin.
Dmitrii Mendeleev (1834–1907) is a name we recognize, but perhaps only as the creator of the periodic table of elements. Generally, little else has been known about him. A Well-Ordered Thing is an authoritative biography of Mendeleev that draws a multifaceted portrait of his life for the first time....
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Figures
- Preface to the Revised Edition
- Preface
- Note to the Reader
- 1. Introduction: Autocracy and Mr. Mendeleev
- 2. Elements of the System: Building Periodicity and a Scientific Petersburg
- 3. The Ideal Gas Lawyer: Expanding Science on the Banks of the Neva
- 4. Chasing Ghosts: Spiritualism and the Struggle for Public Knowledge
- 5. The Great Reaction: Everyone against the Academy of Sciences
- 6. The Imperial Turn: Economics, Evolution, and Empire
- 7. Making Newtons: Romantic Journeys toward Genius
- 8. Disintegration: Fighting Revolutions with Faith
- 9. Conclusion: The Many Mendeleevs
- Acknowledgments to the Revised Edition
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index