Well-Ordered Thing: Dmitrii Mendeleev and the Shadow of the Periodic Table

Gordin, Michael D.

ISBN 10: 046502775X / ISBN 13: 9780465027750

Published by Basic Books (AZ), 2004

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Well-Ordered Thing: Dmitrii Mendeleev and the Shadow of the Periodic Table
• Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 046502775X
• ISBN 13: 9780465027750
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Like New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Like New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science & Nature

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Synopsis

The story of Dmitrii Mendeleev is told in full for the first time, illuminating the role of this remarkable man of science in bringing the Russian Empire out of the dark ages during the nineteenth century, thus paving the way for the rationalism of the Soviet Union. 25,000 first printing.

About the Author

Michael D. Gordin is an assistant professor in the history department at Princeton University, where he teaches the history of science and Imperial Russian history. A member of the Harvard Society of Fellows, he lives in Princeton, New Jersey.