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#3 Why your chemistry teacher was wrong


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For most of us, chemistry class was a nightmare because of our teachers and their methods. Actually, chemistry can be really cool! In this episode we talk about the cool guy Mendeleev, his adventures and story, and how he came up with the most elegant solution for the mess that chemistry was before him.

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Sources: Alexei Storonkin, Roman Dobrotyn (1984). D. I. Mendeleev's Life and Work Chronicles. Leningrad: Nauka. / Gordin, Michael D. (2004). A Well-ordered Thing: Dmitrii Mendeleev and the Shadow of the Periodic Table. / Scerri, Eric (2019). The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance. Oxford University Press.

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