On 17 February 1869, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev jotted down the symbols for the chemical elements, putting them in order according to their atomic weights and inventing the periodic table.

And even though there are other scientists who made contributions, it is Russian chemist and inventor Dmitri Mendeleev’s name that is always at the forefront. Mendeleev was the youngest of ...

He expounded this idea at the Karlsruhe Congress in Germany in 1860 – the first ever international chemistry conference. Among the many pioneering chemists in attendance was one Dmitri Ivanovich ...