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The Periodic Table - A universal icon: Its birth 150 years ago, and its popularization through literature, art and music

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This Essay projects the spark of genius of Mendeleev, whose efforts led to the effective formulation of the periodic table, which has placed the entire world of chemical matter on a palm. The periodic table gave rise to a central paradigm, which did for chemistry what Newton had done for physics and Darwin for biology. Subsequently the Essay recounts the popularization of the Periodic Table through literature by Primo Levi, Oliver Sacks and others, and through music and art by composers and artists, such as Jerry Feldman, the King Crimson band, Tom Lehrer, and George Brecht, Blair Bradshaw, Eugènia Balcells, etc.

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Història de la química, Taula periòdica (Química)

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History of chemistry, Periodic table of the elements

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Articles publicats en revistes (Química Inorgànica i Orgànica)
Articles publicats en revistes (Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB))

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SHAIK, Sason, CREMADES, Eduard and ÁLVAREZ, Santiago (Álvarez Reverter). The Periodic Table - A universal icon: Its birth 150 years ago, and its popularization through literature, art and music. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition. 2019. Vol. 58, num. 38, pags. 13194-13206. ISSN 1433-7851. [consulted: 14 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/180711

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