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Contents
- 1. The elements
- 2. A quick overview of the modern periodic table
- 3. Atomic weight, triads, and Prout
- 4. Steps towards the periodic table
- 5. The Russian genius: Mendeleev
- 6. Physics invades the periodic table
- 7. Electronic structure
- 8. Quantum mechanics
- 9. Modern alchemy: From missing elements to synthetic elements
- 10. Forms of the periodic table
