Revamping The Periodic Table?

vinohradska writes "There is an interesting article on the periodic table over at Slate: 'Oxford ecologist Philip Stewart has designed a new periodic table of the elements, and it's a hit. American schools are placing orders daily for Stewart's table, and the Royal Society of Chemists recently sent a copy to every British secondary school. Stewart's is the only remake to achieve widespread adoption since Dmitri Mendeleev invented the original periodic table in a fit of brilliance in 1869.' "

Damn creationists!

[Willeh]

Hmmm, i ordered this "table" for myself, the only thing that's actually printed on it is the element "Deitium". And according to the accompanying fact chart, this "Dmitri Mendeleev" was a violent communist, full of crank. The chart also says it's a work in progress, as the next iterations will include "Divinium", "Judaism" and "Wholesomnium".

The weirdest thing is though, the table itself has a backdrop of some scene of a dinner party where there's 3 robed figures, 1 fat 2 skinny, 28 figures that bear an uncanny resemblance to a disciple of some sort, even a conjurer and mariachi band!

Unobtainium

[infonography]

Element: Unobtainium [wikipedia.org] Still trying to obtain the atomic weight of that one.

I tried to read the article but....

[rubberbando]

I kept getting bombarded by a near lethal dose of popupium....

I guess I'll need to inoculate myself with a little firefoxium...

ObSimpsons

[Marc2k]

Mrs. Krabappel: Now, on with the Science lesson: who can tell me the atomic weight of Bolonium?
Martin: Ooh ooh ooh! Delicious?
Mrs. Krabappel: Correct. I would also have accepted "snacktacular."

Learning the periodic table...

[__aaclcg7560]

The best way to learn the periodic table is to have it printed on the back of a T-shirt that a cute co-ed is wearing. :P

(You have to see the movie Evolution to understand.)

Sex Position Periodic Table

[linuxkrn]

Sex Position Periodic Table [moviepostershop.com]

Enjoy. :)

Elemental Cloud of Doom

[Lunchbox777]

I guess I've just never looked at this table very much, its sort of a...periodic table.

Re:What the question marks?

[Anonymous Coward]

That's where all of the elements from Star Trek will be placed...

Just a theory....

[richieb]

You know, these scientist can't make up their mind.

Stick to the biblical periodic table: earth, water, air and fire....

First the food pyramid

[Intron]

Now the periodic table. Is nothing that I learned in school sacred?

Re:An image of the chart.

[Your Anus]

Darn new-fangled charts. You kids have it too easy these days with all these elements just lying around. Back in *my* day, we had one element: hydrogen. If we wanted anything else, we had to make it ourselves! It was kind of dark back then, and a little hard to breathe, but we liked it! We loved it! Now get off my lawn!

Re:Interesting, but not useful chart

[Anonymous Coward]

comma shoold Be a full stop/period

'English' taeks a capital E

Teh mistakes in this post r deliberate.

Re:Free poster?

[Maximum Prophet]

Dude, speaking from experience as a public schooling survivor, just send your kids to home school. I'm forever fucked socially and educationally for that bullshit.
If you want your kids to have social interaction like they would at public school, just stuff their heads in a toilet, and flush it.

Can you tell I'm a little bitter?

It's missing a couple elements

[SoundGuyNoise]

- Adamatium
- Upsie-Dasium (obscure MST3K reference)

Any others?

Re:Is there a BIGGER online image?

[Angstroem]

How can anyone get a decent education with such small pictures? :-)

Again we have proof that masturbation impairs eyesight...

Onanieren macht blind!

Re:I'm giving away my age with this post, but...

[operagost]

Geez. Don't forget to add a KLAATU BARADA NIKTO at the end to awaken the dead.

Re:Not the first remake

[Mr. Flibble]

I just saw your sig: First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Gandhi

Which I have seen before, and in the strange coffee deprived state that my mind is in I read: First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you eat them. -- Godzilla

Better version would have two tables

[Groo Wanderer]

They missed the point entirely, and would have been better off making two distinct versions sold as a bundle. They both would resemble the current periodic table, but one would have a naked woman ghosted in the background, the other a naked man.

Using my new patented (R), (C) and (CC), method, I guarantee that high school age kids would stare at it for hours during class, and the learning would flow from that. It can't be any dumber than the current US educationals standards, and adults can enjoy it too.

As a side benefit, it may end up in garages and truckstops world-wide. Educate the masses I say!

-Charlie

Re:Free poster?

[d474]

Yeah! Try this new Periodic table. [uga.edu] It's real simple to read and understand! Have fun!

Re:An image of the chart.

[Fishstick]

>That's due to the physics [...] and can't be changed.

Maybe the state legislature in Indiana will have something to say about that. ;-)

*yes, I know that thing about PI was a hoax

Since Tufte isn't dead, perhaps he'll weigh in.

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually in one of Tufte's books he discusses a spiraling representation of the periodic table. Discussion may develop at http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-ms g?msg_id=0000v6&topic_id=1&topic= [edwardtufte.com]

Cobb County, Georgia creates it's own table

[Anonymous Coward]

Since the table is just a theory you know.

http://img251.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scan5co.j pg [imageshack.us]

(From the cover of Sceptical Inquirer)