Talk to Dissect the Periodic Table
, a chemist and philosopher of science, explores the history and philosophy of the period table in a free, public lecture Saturday, April 21, at 12:30 p.m. in ’s Darling Foundation Lecture Hall (Room 210) at app. The lecture, “The Periodic Table: Its Story and Significance,” is co-sponsored by the and the .
He founded and is editor-in-chief of the international journal and wrote the book “.” Scerri, a full-time lecturer at , earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of London, a Certificate of Postgraduate Study from the University of Cambridge, a Master of Philosophy degree from the University of Southampton and a doctorate from King’s College, University of London. He has been a postdoctoral fellow at the London School of Economics and the California Institute of Technology.
His research includes chemical education and historical-philosophical questions, including the reduction of chemistry to quantum mechanics. He also continues to work on the foundations of the periodic table, whether it makes more sense to use an optimal table and what form it might take.
A light lunch will be served in the Winter Hall foyer preceding the lecture, beginning at noon.