Vol 3 No 2 Suppl. 4 (2019) - Just Accepted

With this Special Issue "The Periodic System, a history of shaping and sharing" edited by Brigitte Van Tiggelen, Annette Lykknes, Luis Moreno-MartinezSubstantia contributes to the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the periodic table.

Cover image: Polarized Light micrograph (magnification 45x) from scopoletin heated with chloroform and acetic acid, by Lars Bech, Naarden, The Netherlands. Courtesy of Nikon Small World (14th Place, 2000 Photomicrography Competition, https://www.nikonsmallworld.com).

PREFACE

Preface
Luigi Dei
 

EDITORIAL

The Periodic System, a history of shaping and sharing
 
Brigitte Van Tiggelen, Annette Lykknes, Luis Moreno-Martinez
 
DOI: 10.13128/Substantia-737
 

SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLES

Julius Lothar (von) Meyer (1830-1895) and the Periodic System

Gisela Boeck, Institute of Chemistry at the University of Rostock

 
DOI: 10.13128/Substantia-503
 

Shaping the Periodic Classification in Portugal through (text)books and charts

Isabel Malaquias, Departamento de Física, CIDTFF, Universidade de Aveiro

João A. B. P. Oliveira, Departamento de Química, CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro

DOI: 10.13128/Substantia-744

 

The St Andrews Periodic Table Wallchart and its Use in Teaching

Alan Aitken, EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, UK

M. Pilar Gil, Special Collections, University of St Andrews Library, Library Annexe, UK

 
DOI: 10.13128/Substantia-738
 


The periodic system and the Nature of Science: The history of the periodic system in Spanish and Norwegian secondary school textbooks

Luis Moreno-Martínez, “López Piñero” Institute for Science Studies, University of València, Spain

Annette Lykknes, Department of Teacher Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

 
DOI: 10.13128/Substantia-301
 

Are History Aspects Related to the Periodic Table Considered in Ethiopian Secondary School Chemistry Textbooks?

Gebrekidan Mebrahtu, Mekelle University, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Department of chemistry, Ethiopia

 
DOI: 10.13128/Substantia-572
 

Order From Confusion: International Chemical Standardization and the Elements, 1947-1990

Ann E. Robinson, Widener Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

 
DOI: 10.13128/Substantia-498
 

Periodicity trees as a secondary criterion of periodic classification: its implications for science teaching and communication

Alfio Zambon, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco, Argentina

 
DOI: 10.13128/Substantia-502
 

Compounds bring back chemistry to the system of chemical elements

Guillermo Restrepo, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

 
DOI: 10.13128/Substantia-739