Dmitrii Mendeleev: Kakoi ia khimik? - Kushnarev Andrei Anatol'evich

The book contains stories about the life and creative path of Dmitry Mendeleev (1834 - 1907), perhaps the most famous Russian scientist of the nineteenth century. The person who discovered the Periodic Law of Chemical Elements and left the descendants of the Periodic Table, which rightfully bears his name, is perceived in the public consciousness as a chemist. Readers will be interested to know that the work on chemistry makes up a very small - no more than 30% - share of Mendeleev's scientific heritage. Physicist and metrologist, engineer and economist, a fiery fighter for the economic prosperity of Russia - who was this amazing man, in his lifetime won the sincere respect and love of compatriots, but stripped of scientific titles and prestigious prizes? This book, of course, will not give you an exhaustive answer, but will allow you to look into the creative laboratory of the great scientist and open the veil over his personal life, covered with legends. And you will learn that Mendeleev was a fierce opponent of all sorts of myths and superstitions, and attributed to him the "invention" of Russian vodka - one of those legends that he so disliked.