International Year of the Periodic Table
Photos of the Month - May 2019
Audrey Lengel, Photo Archivist
2019 marks 150 years since Dmitri Mendeleev first published a periodic table of chemical elements in 1869. The world is commemorating this accomplishment by declaring this the International Year of the Periodic Table
This month’s photos from our archives look at Mendeleev’s original table and shine light on a few scientists who contributed to our modern understanding of the elements by discovering new ones, well after Mendeleev published the first table.
P.S. – If crossword puzzles are more your style, I recommend Naomi Pasachoff’s puzzle full of periodic table clues