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Mendeleyev's Dream: The Quest for the Elements
Science / History
A history of chemistry from Greek philosophy through alchemy to the night Dmitri Mendeleyev claims the periodic table appeared to him in a dream. Gates calls it the best book he's ever read on the subject.
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Bill Gates
“Mendeleyev's Dream is the best book I've ever read on the periodic table.”
Dedicated gatesnotes review, November 2022. Gates likes Strathern's portrait of Mendeleyev's 'Rumpelstiltskin-like rage.'