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Author:   Eric Scerri (Lecturer, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Lecturer, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles) ,  Guillermo Restrepo (Visiting Professor, Bioinformatics Group, Visiting Professor, Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, Leipzig University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780190668532

ISBN 10:   0190668539
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   05 April 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"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"

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[These] individual essays are of considerable interest and value to this field of research. * Peter Hodder, Chemistry in New Zealand *

[These] individual essays are of considerable interest and value to this field of research. --Peter Hodder, Chemistry in New Zealand

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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.

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