When one does my job(s), and one writes the kind of stuff that I write, the question of what my favorite element might be comes up a lot - quite a...
My favorite element
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The Periodic Table
Announcing an exciting new book project
Very exciting news! A couple of weeks ago I signed a contract with the Hachette Book Group USA, to adapt Sam Kean’s Disappearing Spoon for young...
Four new elements for the periodic table very soon?
Well maybe not, but there seems to be a decent chance that at least two of the elements that are currently not formally recognized by IUPAC, could...
The Spirit of the Question
My recent conversation with Eric Scerri that spawned this post, was initially provoked by his article from the previous week in Scientific American....
4s & 3d, 3d & 4s, Cu & Cr, sloppy Aufbau & Eric Scerri!
Yeah, that's an inelegant title to say the least, but behind it is an elegant piece of chemistry that is struggling to get recognition. Yesterday I...
The Periodic Table: Elements With Style in many other languages
I was aware of a few different languages that the Periodic Table: Elements With Style had been translated into, but apparently there's a lot more...
Newsletter #11
Newsletter #11 can be viewed here.
Those confounded names and symbols!
Zach Weiner takes on the elements and the stress of the chemistry test in this, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal Strip. Whilst reading Weiner's...
US Patent awarded for a 3D Periodic Table
Over the years I've seen many renditions of the periodic table (some of which have even been in three dimensions) and here's the latest...
