Books	on	the	Elements	and	the	Periodic	Table	
        (The	most	complete	and	up	to	date	list	published	anywhere,	including	some	titles	in	
        foreign	languages).		Additional	books	in	other	languages	can	be	found	listed	in	
        Mazurs,	1974.	
        	
        Compiled	by	Dr.	Eric	Scerri.		www.ericscerri.com	
        	
        	
        	
        H.	Alderesey-Williams,	Periodic	Tales,	Viking	Press,	2011.	
        N.P.	Agafoshin,	Ley	Periódica	y	Sistema	Periódico	de	los	Elementos	de	Mendeleiev,	Ed.	
        	  Reverté	S.A.,	Barcelona,	1977.	
        I.	Asimov,	The	Building	Blocks	of	the	Universe,	Lancer	Books,	New	York,	1966.	
        P.W.	Atkins,	The	Periodic	Kingdom,	Basic	Books,	New	York,	NY,	1995.	
        O.	Baca	Mendoza,	Leyes	Geneticas	de	los	Elementos	Quimicos.		Nuevo	Sistema	
        	  Periodico,	Universidad	Nacional	de	Cuzco,	Cuzco,	Peru,	1953	
        P.	Ball,	A	Guided	Tour	of	the	Ingredients,	Oxford	University	Press,	Oxford,	2002.		
        P.	Ball,	A	Very	Short	Introduction	to	the	Elements,	Oxford	University	Press,	2004.	
        I.	Barber,	Sorting	The	Elements:	The	Periodic	Table	at	Work,	Rourke	Publishing,	
        	  Vero	Beach,	Florida,	US,		2008.	
        R.	Baum	(ed),	Celebrating	the	Periodic	Table,	Chemical	&	Engineering	News,,	A	
        	  Special	Collector’s	Issue,	September	8,	2003.	
        H.A.	Bent,	New	Ideas	in	Chemistry	from	Fresh	Energy	for	the	Periodic	Law,	Author	
        	  House,	Bloomington	IN,	2006.	
        J.	Bernstein,	Plutonium,	Joseph	Henry,	Washington	DC,	2007.	
        J.	C.A.	Boeyens,	D.C.	Lavendis,	Number	Theory	and	the	Periodicity	of	Matter,	
        	  Springer,	Berlin,	2008.	
        N.	Bohr,	Collected	Works	Vol	4.	The	Periodic	System	(1920-1923),	Nielsen	J	Rud	
        	  (Editor),	North	Holland	Publishing	Company,	1977.	
        T.	Bondora,	The	Periodic	Table	of	Elements	Coloring	Book,	Bondora	Educational	
        	  Media	Publications,	2010	
        D.G.	Cooper,	The	Periodic	Table,	3rd	edition.	Butterworths,	London,	1964.	
        P.A.	Cox,	The	Elements,	Oxford	University	Press,	Oxford,	1989.	
        P.	Davern,	The	Periodic	Table	of	Poems,	Harnie	Books,	2017.	
        P.	Depovere,	La	Classification	périodique	des	éléments,	De	Boeck,	Bruxelles,	2002.	
        H.	Dingle	and	G.R.	Martin,	Chemistry	and	Beyond:	Collected	Essays	of	F.A.	
        	  Paneth,	Interscience,	New	York,	NY,	1964.	
        S.	Dockx,	Theorie	Fondamentale	du	Systeme	Periodique	des	Elements,	Office	
        	  Internationale	de	Librairie,	Bruxelles,	1950.		
        A.	Ducrocq,	Les	éléments	au	pouvoir	,	Julliard,	Paris,	1976.	
        A.	Ede,	The	Chemical	Elements,	Greenwood	Press,	Westport,	CT,	2006.	
        J.	Emsley,	The	Elements,	3rd	edition.	Clarendon,	Oxford	University	Press,	1998.	
        J.	Emsley,	Nature’s	Building	Blocks,	An	A-Z	Guide	to	the	Elements,	Oxford	University	
        	  Press,	Oxford,	2001.	
        P.	Enghag,	Encyclopedia	of	the	Elements,	Wiley-VCH,	Weinheim,	2004.	
        D.E.	Fisher,	Much	Ado	About	(Practically)	Nothing,	The	History	of	the	Noble	Gases,	
        	  Oxford	University	Press,	New	York,	2010.	
        M.	Fontani,	M.	Costa,	M.V.	Orna	(eds.),	The	Lost	Elements,	Oxford	University	Press,	
        	  New	York,	2015.		
        I.	Freund,	The	Study	of	Chemical	Composition:	An	Account	of	its	Method	and	
        	  Historical	Development,	Dover	Publications,	Inc.,	New	York,	NY,	1968.	
        J.	García-Sancho	&	F.	Ortega-Chicote,	Periodicidad	Química,	Trillas,	México,	1984.	
        A.	E.	Garrett,	The	Periodic	Law,	D.	Appleton	&	Co.,	New	York,	1909.	
        L.	Garzon	Ruiperez,	De	Mendeleiev	a	Los	Superelementos,	Universidad	de	Oviedo,	
        	  Oviedo,	1988.	
        L.	Gonik,	C.	Criddle,	The	Cartoon	Guide	to	Chemistry,	Harper	Resource,	New	York,	
        	  2005.	
        M.	Gordin,	A	Well-Ordered	Thing,	Dimitrii	Mendeleev	and	the	Shadow	of	the	Periodic	
        	  Table,	Basic	Books,	New	York,	2004.	
        T.	Gray,	The	Elements:	A	Visual	Exploration	of	Every	Known	Atom	in	the	Universe,	
        	  Black	Dog	&	Leventhal,	2009.	
        D.	Green,	The	Elements,	The	Building	Blocks	of	the	Universe,	Scholastic	Inc.	New	York,	
        	  2012.	
        F.	Habashi,	The	Periodic	Table	&	Mendeleev,	Laval	University	Press,	Quebec,	2017.	
        R.	Hefferlin,	Periodic	Systems	and	their	Relation	to	the	Systematic	Analysis	of	
        	  Molecular	Data,	Edwin	Mellen	Press,	Lewiston,	NY,	1989.	
        D.L.	Heiserman,	Exploring	the	Chemical	Elements	and	their	Compounds,	McGraw-Hill	
        	  New	York,	1991.	
        S.	Hofmann,	Beyond	Uranium,	Taylor	&	Francis,	London,	2002.	
        F.	Hund,	Linienspektren	und	Periodisches	System	der	Elemente,	Verlag	von	Julius	
        	  Springer,	Berlin,	1927.	
        T.	Jackson,	The	Elements,	Shelter	Harbor	Press,	New	York,	2012.		
        W.B.	Jensen,	Mendeleev	on	the	Periodic	Law:	Selected	Writings,	1869	–	1905,	Dover,	
        	  Mineola,	NY,	2005.	
        M.	Kaji,	H.	Kragh,	G.	Pallo,	(eds.),	Early	Responses	to	the	Periodic	System,	Oxford	
        	  University,	Press,	New	York,	2015.		
        S.	Kean,	The	Disappearing	Spoon,	Little,	Brown	&	Co.,	New	York,	2010.	
        B.M.	Kedrov,	Filosofski	Analiz	Pervych	Troedov	D.I.	Mendeleeva	o	Perioditsekom	
        	  Zakone	(1869-1871),	Moscow,	1959.	
        D.M.	Knight,	Classical	Scientific	Papers,	Chemistry	Second	Series,	American,	Elsevier,	
        	  New	York,	NY,		
        P.K.	Kuroda,	The	Origin	of	the	Chemical	Elements,	and	the	Oklo	Phenomenon,	
        	  Springer-Verlag,	Berlin,	1982.	
        U.	Lagerkvist,	The	Periodic	Table	and	the	Missed	Nobel	Prize,	World	Scientific,	
        	  Singapore,	2012.		
        H.M.	Leicester	and	H.S.	Klickstein,	A	Source	Book	in	Chemistry	1400–1900,	1st	
        	  Edition,	McGraw-Hill	Book	Company	Inc.,	London,	1952.	
        M.F.	L’Annunziata,	Radioactivity,	Introduction	and	History,	Elsevier,	2007.	
        S.E.V.	Lemus,	Clasificación	periódica	de	Mendelejew,	Guatemalan	Ministry	of	Public	
        	  Education,	Guatemala,	1959.	
        P.	Levi,	The	Periodic	Table,	1st	American	Edition.	Schocken	Books,	New	York,	NY,	
        	  1984.	
            R.	Luft,	Dictionnaire	des	Corps	Simples	de	la	Chimie,	Association	Cultures	et	
            	    Techniques,	Nantes,	1997.	
            J.	Marshall,	Discovery	of	the	Elements,	Pearson	Custom	Publishing,	1998.	
            E.	Mazurs,	Graphic	Representation	of	the	Periodic	System	During	One	Hundred	Years,	
            	    Alabama	University	Press,	Tuscaloosa,	AL,	1974.	
            D.	Mendeleeff.	An	Attempt	Towards	A	Chemical	Conception	of	the	Ether,	
            	    translated	by	G.	Kamensky.	Longmans,	Green,	and	Co.,	London,	1904.	
            D.	Mendeleeff,	The	Principles	of	Chemistry,	translated	by	G.	Kamensky,	5th	
            	    Edition,	vol.	2.	Longmans,	Green,	and	Co.,	London,	1891.	
            L.	Meyer,	Modern	Theories	of	Chemistry,	5th	Edition,	translated	by	P.P.	Bedson,	
            	    Longmans,	Green,	and	Co.,	London,	1888.	
            L.	Meyer,	Outlines	of	Theoretical	Chemistry,	2nd	Edition,	translated	by	P.P.	
            	    Bedson	and	W.C.	William.	Longmans,	Green,	and	Co.,	London,	1899.	
            F.	Mohr,	(E),	Gold	Chemistry,	Wiley-VCH,	2009.	
            D.	Morris,	The	Last	Sorcerers,	The	Path	from	Alchemy	to	the	Periodic	Table,	Joseph	
            	    Henry	Press,	New	York,	2003.	
            I.	Nechaev,	G.W.	Jenkins,	The	Chemical	Elements,	Tarquin	Publications,	Norfolk,	UK,	
            	    1997.	
            L.	Ohrström,	The	Last	Alchemist	in	Paris,	Oxford	University	Press,	New	York,	2013.	
            R.D.	Osorio	Giraldo,	M.V.	Alzate	Cano,	La	Tabla	Periodica,	Bogota,	Colombia,	2010.	
            M.J.	Pentz,	(General	Editor),	The	Periodic	Table	and	Chemical	Bonding,	Open	
            	    University	Press,	Bletchley,	Buckinghamshire,	UK,	1971.	
            I.V.	Peryanov,	D.N.	Trifonov,	Elementary	Order:	Mendeleev’s	Periodic	System,	
            	    translated	from	the	Russian	by	Nicholas	Weinstein,	Mir	Publishers,	Moscow,	
            	    1984.	
            J.S.F.	Pode,	The	Periodic	Table,	John	Wiley,	New	York,	NY,	1971.	
            P.R.	Polo,	El	Profeta	del	Orden	Quimico,	Mendeleiev,	Nivola,	Spain,	2008.	
            R.J.	Puddephatt,	The	Periodic	Table	of	the	Elements,	Oxford	University	Press,	Oxford,	
            	    1972.	                                    nd
            R.J.	Puddephatt	and	P.K.	Monaghan,	The	Periodic	Table	of	the	Elements,	2 	edition.	
            	    Oxford	University	Press,	Oxford,	1986.	
            H.-J.	Quadbeck-Seeger,	World	of	the	Elements,	Wiley-VCH,	Weinheim,	2007	
            E.	Rabinowitsch,	E.	Thilo,	Periodisches	System,	Geschichte	und	Theorie,	Stuttgart,	
            	    1930.	
            R.	Rich,	Periodic	Correlations,	Benjamin,	New	York,	1965.	
            J.	Ridgen,	Hydrogen,	the	Essential	Element,	Harvard	University	Press,	Cambridge,	MA,	
            	    2002.	
            H.	Rossotti,	Diverse	Atoms,	Oxford	University	Press,	Oxford,	1998.	
                                               st
            D.H.	Rouvray,	R.B.	King,	The	Periodic	Table	Into	the	21 	Century,	Research	Studies	
            	    Press,	Baldock,	UK,	2004.	
            D.H.	Rouvray,	R.B.	King,	The	Mathematics	of	the	Periodic	Table,	Nova	Scientific	
            	    Publishers,	New	York,	2006.	
            G.	Rudorf,	The	Periodic	Classification	and	the	Problem	of	Chemical	Evolution,	
            	    Whittaker	&	Co.,	London,	New	York,	1900.	
            G.	Rudorf,	Das	periodische	System,	seine	Geschichte	und	Bedeutung	für	die	chemische	
            	    Sysytematik,	Hamburg-Leipzig,	1904.	
        O.	Sacks,	Uncle	Tungsten,	Vintage	Books,	New	York,	2001.	
        R.T.	Sanderson.	Periodic	Table	of	the	Chemical	Elements,	School	Technical	Publishers,	
        	  Ann	Arbor,MI,	1971.	
        S.	E.	Santos,	La	Historia	del	Sistema	Periodico,	Universidad	Nacional	de		Educación	a	
        	  Distancia,	Madrid,	2009.	
        E.	Scerri.	The	Periodic	Table,	Its	Story	and	Its	Significance,	Oxford	University	Press,	
        	  New	York,	2007,		(translated	into	Japanese,	Chinese,	Polish,	French),	
        E.	Scerri,	Selected	Papers	on	the	Periodic	Table,	Imperial	College	Press,	London	and	
        	  Singapore,	2009.	
        E.	Scerri,	A	Very	Short	Introduction	to	the	Periodic	Table,	Oxford	University	Press,	
        	  Oxford,	2011;	Also	translated	into	Spanish,	Japanese	and	Arabic.	
        E.	Scerri,	A	Tale	of	Seven	Elements,	Oxford	University	Press,	New	York,	2013,	
        	  (translated	into	Italian,	Korean,	Arabic).	
        E.	Scerri,	G.	Restrepo	(eds.),	Mendeleev	to	Oganesson,	Oxford	University	Press,	New	
        	  York,	2013.	
        E.	Scerri,	(ed.),	30-Second	Element,	Icon	Books,	London,	2013,	(translated	into	Dutch,	
        	  Italian,	French,	German,	Spanish,	Chinese,	Japanese,	Mongolian	and	several	
        	  other	languages).	
        E.	Scerri,	Le	Tableau	Périodique,	Son	Histoire	et	sa	Signification,	EDP	Sciences,		2011,	
        	  (translated	by	R.	Luft);	Japanese	Translation	by	Hisao	Mabuchi	et.	al.	
        C.	Schmidt,	Das	periodische	System	der	chemischen	Elementen,	Leipzig,	1917.	
        G.T.	Seaborg,	W.D.	Loveland,	The	Elements	Beyond	Uranium,	Wiley,	New	York,	1990.	
        M.S.	Sethi,	M.	Satake,	Periodic	Tables	and	Periodic	Properties,	Discovery	Publishing	
        	  House,	Delhi,	India,	1992.	
        H.H.	Sisler,	Electronic	Structure,	Properties,	and	the	Periodic	Law,	Reinhold,	New	
        	  York,	1963.	
        P.	Strathern,	Mendeleyev’s	Dream,	Hamish-Hamilton,	London,	1999.	
        R.S.	Timmreck,	The	Power	of	the	Periodic	Table,	Royal	Palm	Publishing,	1991.	
        M.	Tweed,	Essential	Elements,	Walker	and	Company,	New	York,	2003.	
        F.P.	Venable,	The	Development	of	the	Periodic	Law,	Chemical	Publishing	Co.,	Easton,	
        	  PA,	1896.	
        G.	Villani,	Mendeleev,	La	Tavola	Periodica	Degli	Elementi,	Grandangolo,	Milan,	2016.		
        M.E.	Weeks,	Discovery	of	the	Elements,	Journal	of	Chemical	Education,	Easton	PA,	
        	  1960.	
        B.D.	Wilker,	The	Mystery	of	the	Periodic	Table,	Bethlehem	Books,	New	York,	2003.	
        J.	Van	Spronsen,	The	Periodic	System	of	the	Chemical	Elements,	A	History	of	the	First	
        	  Hundred	Years,	Elsevier,	Amsterdam,	1969.	
        B.	Yorifuji,	Wonderful	Life	with	the	Elements,	No	Starch	Press,	San	Francisco,	2012.	
        T.	Zoellner,	Uranium,	Penguin	Books,	London,	2009.	
        A.	Zwertska,	The	Elements,	Oxford	University	Press,	Oxford,	1998.	
        	
        	
        This	list	is	in	need	of	updating.		Anybody	knowing	of	additional	books	that	could	be	
        listed	please	contact	Dr.	Eric	Scerri.		www.ericscerri.com