{"product_id":"9781643130699","title":"Mendeleyev's Dream: The Quest for the Elements","description":"An achievement that evokes \u003ci\u003eLongitude\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFermat's Engima\u003c\/i\u003e, this is the fascinating story of the birth of chemistry.\u003cp\u003e  In \u003ci\u003eMendeleyev's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Strathern unfurls the history of chemistry, from the Greek philosophers to the Age of Enlightenment's gentlemen—scientists. Bookending his tale is Dmitri Mendeleyev, a 19th-century scientist who awoke one day having dreamt the Periodic Table of Elements, the key to unlocking chemistry's treasures. In the meantime, Strathern introduces us to the Russian's predecessors, from Paracelsus, who presented a pan of cow manure as \"the greatest secret in medical science,\" to Francis Bacon, who died after running out into the snow to prove the benefits of refrigeration on a plucked chicken.Through these mad, brilliant men, Strathern weaves a fascinating, intoxicating work of science writing that moves the spirit as it exhilarates the mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Strathern studied physics, chemistry and math atTrinity College, Dublin. He is the author of two successful series of books, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy in 90 Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Big Idea: Scientists Who Changed the World\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032269865200,"sku":"9781643130699","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781643130699_p0.jpg?v=1763687257","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781643130699","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}