Dmitri Mendeleev Quotes

Dmitri Mendeleev (8 February 1834 – 2 February 1907) was a Russian chemist and inventor. He is best known for formulating the Periodic Law and creating a version of the periodic table of elements. Dmitri Mendeleev was a Russian chemist and inventor born on 8 February 1834, in Tobolsk, Russia. He is best known for devising the periodic table, one of the most important tools in the study of chemistry. Mendeleev received a formal education in Russia, studying at the University of St. Petersburg and the Main Pedagogical Institute. After graduation, he began work as a professor at the University of St. Petersburg, where he taught chemistry and physics.

Famous Dmitri Mendeleev Quotes

We must expect the discovery of many as yet unknown elements-for example, elements analogous to aluminum and silicon- whose atomic weight would be between 65 and 75.

No law of nature, however general, has been established all at once; its recognition has always been preceded by many presentiments.

The magnitude of the atomic weight determines the character of the element, just as the magnitude of the molecule determines the character of a compound body.

Pleasures flit by – they are only for yourself; work leaves a mark of long-lasting joy, work is for others.

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.

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