7 Quotes & Sayings By Dmitri Mendeleev

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev was a Russian chemist, the creator of the modern periodic table of chemical elements. He also laid the groundwork for the Mendeleev's theory of chemical structure. His periodic table was published in 1869, and he predicted that there would be 50 elements, but only discovered 37. Mendeleev's original table was destroyed by the Soviet government during Josef Stalin's purge of scientific knowledge in the mid-1930s Read more

The last elements were discovered in 1995.

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It is the function of science to discover the existence of a general reign of order in nature and to find the causes governing this order. And this refers in equal measure to the relations of man - social and political - and to the entire universe as a whole. Dmitri Mendeleev
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Why do they [Americans] quarrel, why do they hate Negroes, Indians, even Germans, why do they not have science and poetry commensurate with themselves, why are there so many frauds and so much nonsense? I cannot soon give a solution to these questions .. It was clear that in the United States there was a development not of the best, but of the middle and worst sides of European civilization; the notorious general voting, the tendency to politics.. all the same as in Europe. A new dawn is not to be seen on this side of the ocean. . Dmitri Mendeleev
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Work, look for peace and calm in work: you will find it nowhere else. Dmitri Mendeleev
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There is nothing in this world that I fear to say. Dmitri Mendeleev
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I want you to have this feeling too - it is my moral responsibility to help you achieve this inner freedom. Dmitri Mendeleev
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I have achieved an inner freedom. Dmitri Mendeleev