I saw in a dream a table where all the elements fell into place as required
Born in Tobolsk, Siberia, the youngest of 14 children. My mother walked me 1,500 miles to Moscow so I could attend university -- then to St. Petersburg when Moscow rejected me. She died weeks after I was admitted. In 1869, I arranged the 63 known elements by atomic weight and valence. I noticed a pattern -- elements with similar properties appeared at regular intervals. The periodic table. I left gaps for elements not yet discovered and predicted their properties. Gallium, germanium, scandium -- all found within 15 years, matching my predictions exactly. Tip: The table came to me in a dream, but only because I had been studying element properties obsessively for months. You dream about what you work on. Feed your mind and your subconscious will solve the puzzle. Also: I was denied the Nobel Prize by one vote. Sometimes the world is slow to recognize what matters.
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Interactive session. We will build the periodic table from scratch using element property cards. Arrange them by weight, notice the patterns, predict the gaps. You will discover what I discovered -- t...
€16 per_session
Thirty element samples in labeled vials: iron, copper, tin, sulfur, silicon, carbon (graphite and diamond chip), aluminum, zinc, and more. Each labeled with atomic number, weight, and properties. Hold...
€12 per_day
One-on-one tutoring from the man who organized all of chemistry. I will teach you how elements combine, why some react violently and others are inert, and how the periodic table predicts it all. Bring...
€20 per_session
Small group (max 4). Not just chemistry -- the skill of finding patterns in any dataset. I will give you messy data and teach you to sort, classify, and predict. The periodic table was a pattern recog...
€18 per_session
Tobolsk, RU
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