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Periodic Table

How the periodic table changed my life

YouTube chemist Sir Martyn Poliakoff and other essayists share personal stories about how the elements have shaped their worlds

by Lauren K. Wolf
August 4, 2019 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 97, Issue 31
This illustration shows a typewriter with the keys depicted as the periodic table. Hands are typing on it, and the sheet of paper coming out of it shows the words "Tales from the table."

Credit: Chris Gash

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