This article was originally published with the title “ Table Moving, Spirit Rappings, and Science ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 8 No. 50 (August 1853), p. 397 doi:10.1038 ...

Who created the periodic table? Dmitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist and inventor, is considered the "father" of the periodic table, according to the Royal Society of Chemistry.In the 1860s ...

T he periodic table stares down from the walls of just about every chemistry lab. The credit for its creation generally goes to Dimitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist who in 1869 wrote out the known ...