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Quel est le rapport entre l'ADN, la noix et Jupiter, entre l'hémoglobine, Mars et Iron Man, le nickel et les 7 nains, ou encore les chats, la menthe, la térébenthine, Eric Emmanuel Schmidt, le polystyrène et Raymond Queneau ? Cet ouvrage raconte les histoires des noms d'éléments dans tous les sens du terme : qu'ils soient des éléments de la nature (la terre, l'eau, plantes et animaux...), des éléments constitutifs du vivant (l'ADN, les protéines, les oligoéléments...) et des matériaux (métaux, polymères...), ou encore des éléments du tableau périodique de Mendeleiev, entièrement parcouru au fil des chapitres. Le lecteur découvre que les noms des éléments sont souvent révélateurs des inspirations et des rêves d'hommes et de femmes. L'histoire prodigieuse de ces noms l'emmène vers des mondes insoupçonnés : la nature, l'astronomie, l'histoire, la littérature, les voyages, et même les légendes et la mythologie.

Chemical elements --- Periodic law. --- Chemistry --- Éléments (chimie) --- Classification périodique des éléments. --- Chimie --- History --- History. --- Histoire. --- Éléments (chimie) --- Classification périodique des éléments.

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Dmitrii Mendeleev (1834-1907) is a name we recognize, but perhaps only as the creator of the periodic table of elements. Generally, little else has been known about him. A Well-Ordered Thing is an authoritative biography of Mendeleev that draws a multifaceted portrait of his life for the first time. As Michael Gordin reveals, Mendeleev was not only a luminary in the history of science, he was also an astonishingly wide-ranging political and cultural figure. From his attack on Spiritualism to his failed voyage to the Arctic and his near-mythical hot-air balloon trip, this is the story of an extraordinary maverick. The ideals that shaped his work outside science also led Mendeleev to order the elements and, eventually, to engineer one of the most fascinating scientific developments of the nineteenth century. A Well-Ordered Thing is a classic work that tells the story of one of the world's most important minds.

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