The Periodic Table: Crash Course Chemistry #4

Hank gives us a tour of the most important table ever, including the life story of the obsessive man who championed it, Dmitri Mendeleev. The periodic table of elements is a concise, information-dense catalog of all of the different sorts of atoms in the universe, and it has a wealth of information to tell us if we can learn to read it. Pssst... we made flashcards to help you review the content in this episode! Find them on the free Crash Course App! Download it here for Apple Devices: https://apple.co/3d4eyZo Download it here for Android Devices: https://bit.ly/2SrDulJ Like Crash Course? http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse Follow Crash Course! http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Tumbl Crash Course: http://thecrashcourse.tumblr.com Table of Contents Dmitri Mendeleev - 0:45 Mendeleev's Organization of the Periodic Table - 2:31 Relationships in the Periodic Table - 5:03 Why Mendeleev Stood Out from his Colleagues - 7:09 How the Periodic Table Could be Improved - 8:28 More info. about the cylindrical periodic table of elements: http://www.av8n.com/physics/periodic-table.htm Support CrashCourse on Subbable: http://subbable.com/crashcourse