Here, Eric Scerri looks at the trends in properties of elements that led to the construction of the periodic table, and how the deeper meaning of its structure

The periodic table of elements, first encountered by many of us at school, provides an arrangement of the chemical elements, ordered by their atomic number, ele

An introduction to the periodic table explores the deeper implications of the arrangements of the table to atomic physics and quantum mechanics.

This Very Short Introduction traces the history and cultural impact of the elements on humankind, and examines why people have long sought to identify the subst

Most people remember chemistry from their schooldays as largely incomprehensible, a subject that was fact-rich but understanding-poor, smelly, and so far remove