Periodic Table And A Missed Nobel Prize, The

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Erling Norrby (The Royal Swedish Academy Of Sciences, Sweden) Ulf Lagerkvist (Goteborg Univ, Sweden)

Periodic Table And A Missed Nobel Prize, The

Erling Norrby (The Royal Swedish Academy Of Sciences, Sweden), Ulf Lagerkvist (Goteborg Univ, Sweden)

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World Scientific
28 August 2012

Mathematics & Sciences; History of science; Inorganic chemistry

In a relatively brief but masterful recounting, Professor Ulf Lagerkvist traces the origins and seminal developments in the field of chemistry, highlighting the discoveries and personalities of the individuals who transformed the ancient myths of the Greeks, the musings of the alchemists, the mystique of phlogiston into the realities and the laws governing the properties and behavior of the elements; in short, how chemistry became a true science. A centerpiece of this historical journey was the triumph by Dmitri Mendeleev who conceived the Periodic Law of the Elements, the relation between the properties of the elements and their atomic weights but more precisely their atomic number. Aside from providing order to the elements known at the time, the law predicted the existence and atomic order of elements not then known but were discovered soon after.

An underlying but explicit intent of Lagerkvist's survey is to address what he believes was a gross injustice in denying Mendeleev the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1905 and again in 1906. Delving into the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' detailed records concerning the nominations, Lagerkvist reveals the judging criteria and the often heated and prejudicial arguments favoring and demeaning the contributions of the competing contenders of those years. Lagerkvist, who was a member of the Swedish Academy of Sciences and has participated in judging nominations for the chemistry prize, concludes ""It is in the nature of the Nobel Prize that there will always be a number candidates who obviously deserve to be rewarded but never get the accolade"" - Mendeleev was one of those.

By: Ulf Lagerkvist (Goteborg Univ Sweden)
Edited by: Erling Norrby (The Royal Swedish Academy Of Sciences Sweden)
Imprint: World Scientific
Country of Publication: Singapore
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9789814295956
ISBN 10: 9814295957
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 28 August 2012
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Elements; Atoms and Molecules; Atoms as a Philosophical Concept; The Cardinal and the Heretic Monk; The Dawn of Chemistry; Atoms and Corpuscles; A Chemical Revolution; An Atomic Theory in the Romantic Era; Gases and the Concept of the Molecule; Important Results of a Congress; Atomic Weights and Their Relation to Chemical Properties of Elements; The Road from Tobolsk to St. Petersburg; From the Physiology of Blood Gases to the Mass of Atoms and Molecules; Competing for Recognition; Unexpected Support of the Periodic Law; Straightening Out Some Irregularities; Life After the Periodic Law; The Elusive Nobel Prize; The Birth of an Academy; The King of Flowers; The Advent of Chemistry in Sweden; Two Outstanding Chemists in the Era of Neoclassicism; Berzelius Takes Charge; An Unexpected Responsibility; The Advent of Ions; Alfred Nobel and His Prizes; An Electric Oven or the Periodic Law.

Reviews for Periodic Table And A Missed Nobel Prize, The

"The book is aimed at the general science reader interested in the history of the development of scientific thought. Overall it is a good read and I enjoyed this detailed explanation of why Mendeleev missed the Nobel prize. -- Chemistry World ""Chemistry World"""