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The INTERNET Database of Periodic Tables

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Periodic Tables from the year 2009:

Typefaces: Popular, Influential, Notorious

From behance.net

"The Periodic Table of Typefaces is obviously in the style of all the thousands of over-sized Periodic Table of Elements posters hanging in schools and homes around the world. This particular table lists 100 of the most popular, influential and notorious typefaces today.

As with traditional periodic tables, this table presents the subject matter grouped categorically. The Table of Typefaces groups by families and classes of typefaces: san-serif, serif, script, blackletter, glyphic, display, grotesque, realist, didone, garalde, geometric, humanist, slab-serif and mixed.

Each cell of the table lists the typeface and a one or two character "symbol" (made up by me simply based on logic), the designer, year designed and a ranking of 1 through 100.

Ranking was determined by statistically sorting and combining lists and opinions from the the sites listed below. The final overall ranking was achieved depending on how many lists the particular typeface was presented on and it's ranking on the lists (if the particular source list used a ranking system; some did not, in which case just the typeface's presence on the list boosted it's overall score.) After averaging the typefaces appearances and rankings a composite score was given and the list was sorted on a spreadsheet then finally given an overall score of 1 through 100 based on it's final resting position."

Read more here.

Cupcakes

A periodic table of Cupcakes from Woman's Day magazine:

Video Game Characters

A periodic table of Video Game Characters from IHC:

Keys

A periodic table of Keys from Flickr:

Hong Kong

A periodic table of Hong Kong by BigWhiteGuy :

Russian Periodic Table

A modern Russian periodic table using the Mendeleeve formulation:

An older version of the same formulation (date unknown, 1950s?), from here:

Download Excel, Word & PDF Periodic Tables for Printing, etc.

A periodic table in Excel spreadsheet format by Jeff Bigler of Waltham HS:

An excellent and detailed Two Page .pdf Periodic Table from Consol:

Scerri's Selected Papers on The Periodic Table

Edited by Eric Scerri (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)

Published by: Imperial College Press in London

The book contains key articles by Eric Scerri, the leading authority on the history and philosophy of the periodic table of the elements. These articles explore a range of topics such as the historical evolution of the periodic system as well as its philosophical status and its relationship to modern quantum physics. In this present volume, many of the more in-depth research papers, which formed the basis for this publication, are presented in their entirety; they have also been published in highly accessible science magazines (such as American Scientist), and journals in history and philosophy of science, as well as quantum chemistry. This must-have publication is completely unique as there is nothing of this form currently available on the market.

Contents:

• Chemistry, Spectroscopy, and the Question of Reduction
• The Electronic Configuration Model, Quantum Mechanics and Reduction
• The Periodic Table and the Electron
• How Good is the Quantum Mechanical Explanation of the Periodic System
• Prediction and the Periodic Table
• Löwdin's Remarks on the Aufbau Principle and a Philosopher's View of Ab Initio Quantum Chemistry
• Mendeleev's Legacy
• The Role of Triads in the Evolution of the Periodic Table: Past and Present
• The Past and Future of the Periodic Table
• The Dual Sense of the Term "Elements", Attempts to Derive the Madelung Rule, and the Optimal Form of the Periodic Table, If Any

200pp (approx.) Pub. date: Scheduled Fall 2009
ISBN 978-1-84816-425-3
1-84816-425-4 US$88 / £66

Silberstein Periodic Table

The organization of the periodic table that follows is based on the principle that, as the
position of Lanthanum, Actinium, Lutetium, and Lawrencium is debated with regard to the
elements in Group III, all four of these elements can be placed in an “extended” Group III and
still have the correct arrangement on the periodic table. Although Scandium and Yttrium appear
to be separated from the rest of the transition metal elements, they in fact should be considered to
retain their original positioning as in a short-form table; that is, they are immediately to the right
of Calcium and Strontium and immediately to the left of Titanium and Zirconium. The curving of
the rare earth elements is merely a tool to denote the position of Lanthanum, Actinium, Lutetium,
and Lawrencium in Group 3, with the remainder of the rare earth elements placed outside of an
existing group, or rather creating their own group. View larger pdf file.

David Silberstein, August 2009

Janet Based Periodic Table Layout by Ivan Antonowitz

"Every element has its own unique Periodic Table which is a mixture of two Ideal Forms. However, the main point at the moment is what level of complexity would be suitable? I am trying to get the most minimalistic presentation of the essential features. Explaining the logic governing the 'reversals' is quite tricky, if not controversial, and others may have more conventional rationales and so better fill in the details."

Ivan Antonowitz

Investment Returns

A periodic table investment returns from the Retirement Income Journal.

Chuck Norris Destroyed the Periodic Table

From the Crazy Dog T-shirts a Chuck Norris Periodic Table.

"Chuck Norris Destroyed the Periodic Table of Elements because he only recognizes the element of surprise. "

Unfortunately, no longer available... but there are lots of other cool ones!

Crab Periodic Table

A crab PT. I know nothing about this, other than this photograph found on a blog:

Meet the Elements

"Meet the Elements", is a song & video from They Might be Giants, on bOING bOING:

Periodic Chart Structured by Valence

A periodic chart structured by valence, developed by Steve Waterman:

Steve Jensen's "In-Finite Form"

"I'm a figurative sculptor, living in Minneapolis MN. A few years ago, while looking at a two dimensional version of the periodic table, I too wondered if it would be possible to create a Periodic Table without any visual breaks in its numerical sequence. Although I had never seen anything other than the rectangular flat table, I thought I might be able to solve this spatial continuity problem three dimensionally. I also wanted to limit myself to using a 3-D "line" that had no sudden changes in direction. After coming up with what I thought was a new and unique sculptural resolution, I put the project aside. Only recently (after re-building my paper model out of a translucent material) did I do some research on the web, and immediately recognized the strong likeness between my version and the Alexander Arrangement. Even more surprising was my models' visual similarity to Crookes' figure eight design from some 111 years ago.

"Although there are obviously many inventive and well thought out responses to this design challenge, I believe that my solution is a unique one, and an improvement over some of the previous three dimensional forms. The "line" of my model allows for contiguous numerical placement of all the symbols (while maintaining group continuity along its vertical axis), even as the shape of its plan view makes visual reference to the well-known symbol for infinity. What's more, in my version, the Lanthanide & Actinide series do not occupy a separate field but are fully integrated into the continuous linear flow. This piece, which I've entitled "In-Finite Form" speaks to the mystery of the endless flow of space, even as it folds back onto itself within the confines of a finite system."

Steve Jensen ©September 2009

Gray's The Elements

As Theo (modestly... ) says:

"Much anticipated (by me at least), this is the definitive be-all, end-all book of the elements. Like my poster, it contains beautiful photographs of all the chemical elements, shining out from a deep black background. But unlike my poster, it's not limited to just one picture per element. Instead each element gets a whole 2-page spread. At 10" x 20" (25cm x 50cm), each spread is as large as the whole place mat version of my poster! And several of the more popular elements even get two spreads. There are literally hundreds and hundreds of photos in this book, nearly all of them taken by myself and my co-author Nick Mann of objects in my collection."

Read more here.

Metaphor Periodic Table

A Periodic Table of Metaphors by Christoph Niemann, image in Gallery 6:

Graphic Representations of the Periodic System

Mary E. Saecker writes an article in Chemical Education Digital Library, Periodic Table Presentations and Inspirations: Graphic Representations of the Periodic System, that reviews some periodic table formunations.

The paper contains a link to this pdf file which gives templates and instructions for several print, cut-out & build periodic table formulations:

Supplement to: Periodic Table Presentations and Inspirations by Mary E. Saecker, J. Chem. Educ., 2009, 86, 1151.

Construction Directions A Cut-Out Chart of the Periodic System (Periodic Table Cylinder)

Nasco's Periodic Table Toss-Up Ball

Toss some fun around the classroom with this 15" inflatable ball challenging students to name 118 elements from the Periodic Table. Two or more players toss the ball to each other, giving the element name for the number and symbol on which their left thumb lands. Answer sheet and instructions included. Grade 6 to adult.

Orbitron Gallery of Atomic Orbitals

The Orbitron gallery of atomic orbitals is a poster available from Mark Winter's Web Elements:

The orbitron web page is here.

Beer Styles

Periodic Table of Beer Styles:

Sweater With Periodic Table

A sweater with a periodic table and stitch pattern details, as seen on the This and That blog:

Periodic Table of Smellelements

Nataliedee.com has a Periodic Table of Smellelements:

Tabla Periódica de las Condfituras: Preserves, Marmalades & Jellies

From Museu de la Confitura comes Tabla Periódica de las Condfituras: Preserves, Marmalades & Jellies:

Soap Periodic Table

A periodic made from soap:

Acrylic on Canvas Painting by Princess Rashid

A series of acrylic on canvas abstract periodic table paintings by Princess Rashid:

Element Girls Pretty Up the Periodic Table

The original idea for "The Periodic Table: Learning Basic Chemistry through Moe" came to Miyuki Mitsuda, a chemistry teacher at Tokyo's Musashi Institute of Technology, where "moe" is a Japanese term that describes the feminization of inanimate objects:

Swearing, Periodic Table of

A VERY RUDE Periodic Table of Swearing was available at Modern Toss as a (now sold out) limited edition of 100 prints. Click to zoom in, and read all the very naughty words:

Oregon Periodic Table

Oregon Periodic Table, here:

Periodic Table Table

A Periodic Table Table from Wake Forest Univerity, North Carolina:

Political Interference in Science, Periodic Table of

In recent years, scientists who work for and advise the federal government have seen their work manipulated, suppressed, distorted, while agencies have systematically limited public and policy maker access to critical scientific information.

To document this abuse, the Union of Concerned Scientists has created the A to Z Guide to Political Interference in Science:

Russian MedFlower Periodic Table

Google Russian to English translation:

From Secology.Narod.RU: "Must also give up the basic heuristic principle of Mendeleev and follow him. Forget about the group, we will not argue with what period begins, but just consistently and continuously to build all the elements in a row in ascending order, and fold this series into a spatial helix, in the corporeal form, allowing the convergence of such chemical elements in the vertical..."

Science Fiction, Periodic Table of

A BlogSpot collection of Science Fiction stories:

Social Media Periodic Table

A Periodic Table of Social Media Elements. The original post can be found here, the full size flickr image here, but there is a blog that explains the meanings of all the two letter designations here:

Does the Periodic Table Of LED's Schematic Work?

I'm not going to elaborate on my project, I don't want anyone to steal it. Basically, its a LED Array in the shape of the periodic table. The small black circles are 4 way connections of all wires, if they intersect with no circle, they do not connect.:

KU Leuven Periodic Table

On the ground floor of the Universiteitshal (University Hall) of KU Leuven in Belgium is a physical periodic table.

Each element can be explored from this page:

Canadian Periodic Table of The Elements

From Uncyclopedia: Contrary to popular belief, Canadian science organizations and the Canadian education systems are quite sophisticated programs. These programs rely on up to date information, and a wide plethora of information. Most notably, the Canadian Periodic Table of the Elements.

Established 3 days after the discovery of Canada by Humans, and consisting of only 3 elements (Me, Wa, Ro) it provided the foundation for today's table which sports 18 different Elements, with more being added every decade or so:

enkana's Periodic Table

A nice periodic table with a simple graphic for each element by enkana:

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