Mendeleev 150
The most successful version of the periodic table was independently discovered by Dmitry Mendeleev in 1869 in the city of St. Petersburg. Unlike his predecessors, Mendeleev initially used his periodic table to predict the existence of four completely unknown elements. Three of these elements, gallium, germanium and scandium were dramatically discovered over the next 15 years and found to have almost exactly the properties that Mendeleev had predicted. The fourth of these elements, technetium, was artificially synthesized in 1939.
In order to celebrate the upcoming 150th anniversary of this momentous event, some leading scholars in chemistry, as well as the history and philosophy of science from various parts of the world, will convene for the 4th International Conference on the Periodic Table appropriately organized in St. Petersburg, 26-28 July 2019.
The importance of the periodic table in science as well as popular culture has been highlighted by the fact that the year 2019 has been designated as the Year of the Periodic Table by the United Nations. The organizers include Eric Scerri, the author of the definitive account of the periodic table who is based at the University of California, Los Angeles; Mikhail Kurushkin, a chemistry education researcher based at ITMO University in St. Petersburg; and Philip Stewart, a world-renowned expert on alternative periodic tables.
Eric Scerri, Philp Stewart, and Mikhail Kurushkin ©Benjamin Valsler / Royal Society of Chemistry
Given the wide scope and importance of the periodic table, invited speakers will address topics in chemistry, physics, science education as well as historical and philosophical aspects of Mendeleev’s work, and subsequent developments. Confirmed speakers include Eugene Babaev, Santiago Alvarez, Peter Hodder, Igor Dmitriev, Mei-Hung Chiu, Elena Ghibaudi, Evamarie Hey-Hawkins, Maria Cieślak-Golonka, Nathan Brooks, Naum Imyanitov, and Vikor Vyatkin.
Registration starts 26 October 2018.
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