What Wald was attempting--an approach that we follow--was to map biochemistry onto the underlying quantum-mechanical logic of chemistry as exhibited in the
periodic table of the elements. Thus we briefly consider the structure of the periodic table in terms of electron orbitals (Pauling, 1947).
With this third paper in a series on the upper limit of the
Periodic Table of the Elements, the following are concluded.
Rare-earth elements, which are listed in their own niche of the
Periodic Table of the Elements, are actually abundant in Earth's crust.
To the Editor: Since you seem interested in science as commemorated in architecture (to wit, Lee Langston's letter on the Boltzmann memorial in September), attached are snapshots of Mendeleyev's
periodic table of the elements.
The
Periodic Table of the Elements is re-interpreted by artist and printmaker Murray Robertson.
As in previous editions, there are appendices at the end of the book on physiologic solutions, reference materials, temperature conversions, body mass index,
periodic table of the elements, and SI units.