About the book
Paul Strathern traces the history of chemistry from the philosophers of ancient Greece through the Enlightenment and beyond, centering the account on Dmitry Mendeleyev, the Russian chemist who devised the periodic table of the elements. It was published in 2000.
Bill Gates named it one of his all-time favorite books, praising it as a look at the way science advances and at how curiosity has changed over thousands of years.
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Bill Gates (Founder / Microsoft)
It’s a fascinating look at how science develops and how human curiosity has evolved over the millennia.
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