From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Fri May 5 02:54:01 2006 From: "Eric Scerri scerri|-|chem.ucla.edu" To: CCL Subject: CCL: Call for Papers/Centenary of Mendeleev's Death/Special Issue Message-Id: <-31692-060504215655-24727-EUHSIZJ0NH8yFYOKuZpMkA : server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: Eric Scerri Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-3-969814756 Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 15:12:19 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v728) Sent to CCL by: Eric Scerri [scerri]|[chem.ucla.edu] --Apple-Mail-3-969814756 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed The editors of the journal Foundations of Chemistry invite =20 submissions to a special issue to commemorate the one hundredth =20 anniversary of the death of Mendeleev who died in 1907. This is especially appropriate given that the periodic system is =20 undoubtedly one of the foundations of chemistry. Please see journal webpages for instructions to authors. Deadline: =20 November 30th, 2006. Word limit: Approximately 5000 words but =20 negotiable. Shorter commentaries on any of the previous articles on the periodic =20 system that have appeared in the journal will also be considered for =20 publication. ------------------------------------------------------------------------=20= ------------------------------------------------------------------------=20= ------------------------------------------------------------------------=20= -- Dr. Eric Scerri Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Charles Young Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095. 310 206 7443 fax: 310 206 2061 UCLA faculty web page: http://www.chem.ucla.edu/dept/Faculty/scerri/ Editor of Foundations of Chemistry, http://www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,4-40399-70-35545882-=20= detailsPage%253Djournal%257CmostViewedArticles%257CmostViewedArticles,=20= 00.html International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry, http://ispc.sas.upenn.edu/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------=20= ------------------------------------------------------------------------=20= ---------- The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance, by Eric Scerri This book is being published by Oxford University Press on Sept 15th, =20= 2006. Advance orders can be placed with Amazon.com at, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195305736/sr=3D1-2/qid=3D1145629377/=20= ref=3Dsr_1_2/102-5744129-2544142?%5Fencoding=3DUTF8&s=3Dbooks price: $ 35.00 (hardcover, 400 pages) Reviews: =93Written to a high standard of scholarship, "The Periodic Table" is =20= the only book of its kind currently on the market, giving both an =20 historical and philosophical perspective to the development of this =20 key to the elements. The philosophical discussion Scerri weaves =20 through its pages is rarely found in chemistry books, giving it a =20 special quality that will appeal to the scientific community at =20 large. In years to come it will be seen as essential reading for all =20 who aspire to lecture and write on the subject.=94 - John Emsley, author of "The Elements" and "Nature's Building =20 Blocks" =93As the author of "The Periodic System of Chemical Elements: A =20 History of the First Hundred Years" (1969), I consider Scerri's "The =20 Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance" a worthy successor. I =20= declare his new book a must, not only for all historians of chemistry =20= and the other natural sciences, but also for the scientists and =20 pupils thereof." -- Jan W. van Spronsen, author of "The Periodic System of Chemical =20 Elements: A History of the First Hundred Years" =93Few concepts are more important in chemistry than the periodic =20 table, and Eric Scerri's book offers a wonderfully thorough, lucid, =20 and provocative introduction for both chemists and the scientifically =20= literate to this major cultural contribution. Anyone interested in =20 the foundations of chemistry will take delight, inspiration, and =20 information from this highly approachable book.=94 Peter Atkins, author of "The Periodic Kingdom", "Molecules" etc. =93The periodic table of elements is the family tree of stuff, and Eric =20= Scerri's book tells the story of its evolution--through all the false =20= starts and inspired insights, mutations and selections, driven by =20 philosophy as much as calculation. Like any family story, it's a =20 messy tangle of relationships--between elementary particles and =20 between people. The ultimate question is philosophical: Does it all =20 boil down to different configurations of hydrogen? Or is chemistry--=20 and therefore nature--ultimately irreducible?=94 K.C. Cole, Author of "The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of =20= Truth and Beauty" and "Mind Over Matter: Conversations with the Cosmos". --Apple-Mail-3-969814756 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252


The editors of the journal = Foundations of Chemistry=A0invite submissions to a special issue = to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the death of Mendeleev = who died in 1907.

This is especially appropriate given that the = periodic system is undoubtedly one of the foundations of = chemistry.

Please see journal webpages = for instructions to authors.=A0 Deadline: November 30th, 2006.=A0 Word = limit: Approximately 5000 words but negotiable.

Shorter commentaries on any = of the previous articles on the periodic system that have appeared in = the journal will also be considered for publication.

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Dr. Eric = Scerri
Department of Chemistry & = Biochemistry,
Charles Young Drive,
Los = Angeles,
CA 90095.

310 206 7443
fax: = 310 206 2061

UCLA faculty web page:=A0=A0=A0=
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The Periodic Table: Its = Story and Its Significance, by Eric Scerri

This book is = being published by Oxford University Press on Sept 15th, = 2006.
Advance orders can be = placed with Amazon.com=A0 =A0at,

price: $ 35.00=A0 = =A0(hardcover,=A0 = 400 pages)

Reviews:
=93Written to a high standard of scholarship, "The Periodic = Table" is the only book of its kind currently on the market, giving both = an historical and philosophical perspective to the development of this = key to the elements. The philosophical discussion Scerri weaves through = its pages is rarely found in chemistry books, giving it a special = quality that will appeal to the scientific community at large. In years = to come it will be seen as essential reading for all who aspire to = lecture and write on the subject.=94

-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 John Emsley, author of "The Elements" and "Nature's = Building Blocks"

=93As the author of "The Periodic System of Chemical Elements: = A History of the First Hundred Years" (1969), I consider Scerri's "The = Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance" a worthy successor. I = declare his new book a must, not only for all historians of chemistry = and the other natural sciences, but also for the scientists and pupils = thereof."

--=A0Jan W. = van Spronsen, author of "The Periodic System of Chemical Elements: A = History of the First Hundred Years"

=A0

=93Few concepts are more important in chemistry than the = periodic table, and Eric Scerri's book offers a wonderfully thorough, = lucid, and provocative introduction for both chemists and the = scientifically literate to this major cultural contribution. Anyone = interested in the foundations of chemistry will take delight, = inspiration, and information from this highly approachable = book.=94

=A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0Peter Atkins, author of = "The Periodic Kingdom", "Molecules" etc.

=93The periodic table of elements is the family = tree of stuff, and Eric Scerri's book tells the story of its = evolution--through all the false starts and inspired insights, mutations = and selections, driven by philosophy as much as calculation. Like any = family story, it's a messy tangle of relationships--between elementary = particles and between people. The ultimate question is philosophical: = Does it all boil down to different configurations of hydrogen? Or is = chemistry--and therefore nature--ultimately = irreducible?=94

K.C. Cole, = Author of "The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and = Beauty" and "Mind Over Matter: Conversations with the = Cosmos".

=A0

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