Periodic Table
99% Invisible
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The 99% Invisible Periodic Table
Russian scientist Dimitri Mendeleev came up with the periodic table of elements. It's a design of both extreme success and I think a little bit of failure, says Sam Keene. The impenetrability is far outweighed by its beauty and precision,. He also knew enough to predict that there were holes on the periodic table.
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