In the cold Siberian winter of 1834, Dmitri Mendeleev was brought into this world, and his contributions to science would last forever. His aspirations and interests would shine as bright as the glass his family created, but the dirt and grime of that factory was not where this bright mind belonged. Dmitri started off slow, but in time was able to create one of the most memorable and iconic symbols and tools used in the scientific world, the periodic table. In his time in science, it took not only hard work and knowledge to make this discovery, but a large amount of courage to share and develop his discoveries. His courage allows us to this day to know the elements as we do, and to be able to categorize and predict the properties of elements to come.
Born to a poor family on February 8, 1834, Mendeleev was not afforded the same opportunities that most of today’s scientists are. His father was the head of a local school in Tobolsk, Siberia, and went blind while Dmitri was still a young child. This setback caused much hardship for their family, who had to support fourteen children on the income of one parent. When faced with this problem, Mendeleev’s mother knew exactly what she had to do. She opened up a glass factory and …show more content…
This phenomenon describes temperature at which gases or vapors can be liquefied by pressure. For example, once a gas or vapor reaches a certain pressure and temperature, it can change states to become a liquid instead of a gas or vapor. While he had many ideas and concepts within science that he wanted to investigate, the ones he brought forth were widely and quickly accepted once they became published. Upon later investigation however, it was found that the table would have been better organized long term had it been organized by the elements atomic number instead of its atomic mass. This, however, would not have left us with the shape and type of table that we know
Born to a poor family on February 8, 1834, Mendeleev was not afforded the same opportunities that most of today’s scientists are. His father was the head of a local school in Tobolsk, Siberia, and went blind while Dmitri was still a young child. This setback caused much hardship for their family, who had to support fourteen children on the income of one parent. When faced with this problem, Mendeleev’s mother knew exactly what she had to do. She opened up a glass factory and …show more content…
This phenomenon describes temperature at which gases or vapors can be liquefied by pressure. For example, once a gas or vapor reaches a certain pressure and temperature, it can change states to become a liquid instead of a gas or vapor. While he had many ideas and concepts within science that he wanted to investigate, the ones he brought forth were widely and quickly accepted once they became published. Upon later investigation however, it was found that the table would have been better organized long term had it been organized by the elements atomic number instead of its atomic mass. This, however, would not have left us with the shape and type of table that we know