Setting the Table: A Retrospective and Prospective of the Periodic Table of the Elements.

Abstract

The major theme of this special issue volume is “The History of The Periodic Table, the Discovery of the Elements, and of the Materials that Changed the Course of History: The Development of the Periodic System and Its Consequences.” After a brief chronological retrospective on the development of the periodic table, each paper contributed to this volume will be summarized, with some editorial comments.

Keywords

• Ordering Elements, Periodic Table, History, Understanding Chemistry, Mendeleev Sesquicentennial.