ELEMENTARY: THE PERIODIC TABLE EXPLAINED (PB)

The periodic table, created in the early 1860s by Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, helped scientists gain a deeper understanding of chemistry and correctly predicted the properties of elements that hadn't even been discovered at the time. This lively, accessible and engaging narrative tells the story behind the basic building blocks of life, the universe and everything, and of the people who identified, isolated and even created them.