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D. I. Mendeleev: Reflecting on His Death in 1907
Author(s) -
Gordin M. D.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200601976
Subject(s) - ivanovich , context (archaeology) , order (exchange) , philosophy , history , sociology , archaeology , russian federation , finance , regional science , economics
Periodic law and order : 2007 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Dmitrii Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834–1907), the Russian chemist best known for formulating the Periodic Table. This Essay looks at Mendeleev in the context of the chemistry and the Russia of his own time and remembers him as the scientist, bureaucrat, and father who died believing that he had begun to put his affairs in order.