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Atkins, P., Kaesz, H.: A central position for hydrogen in the periodic table. Chem. Int. 25, November–December (2003) Bent, H.A.: New Ideas in Chemistry from Fresh Energy for the Periodic Law. Authorhouse, Bloomington, IN (2006) Dimitriev, I.S.: Hist. Stud. Phys. Sci., 34(2), 233–275 (2004) Response from Friedrich, B.: Hasn’t it? A reply to Scerri’s paper, has quantum mechanics explained the periodic table? Found. Chem. 6, 117–132 (2004) Gordin, M.: A Well-ordered Thing: Dimitri Mendeleev and the Shadow of the Periodic Table. Basic Books, New York (2004). In addition Nathan Brookes is in the process of writing a new biography of Mendeleev Gordin, M.: Mendeleev: Reflecting on his death in 2007. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46, 2758–2765 (2007) Hendry, R.F.: Lavoisier and Mendeleev on the elements. Found. Chem. 7, 31–48 (2005) Hendry, R.F.: Substantial confusion. Stud. Hist. Phil. Sci. 37, 322–336 (2006) Hettema, A.F., Kuipers, T.: The periodic table—its formalization, status and relationship to atomic theory. Erkenntnis 28, 841–860 (1988) Jensen, W.B. (ed.): Mendeleev on the Periodic Law: Selected Writings, 1869–1905. Dover, Mineola, New York (2005) King, R.B., Rouvray, D. (eds.): The Periodic Table: Into the Twenty First Century. Research Studies Press, Baldock, UK (2004) Laing, M.: Educ. Chem. 33, 160–161 (1999) Le Poidevin, R.: Missing elements and missing premises, a combinatorial argument for the ontological reduction of chemistry. Br. J. Phil. Sci. 56, 117–134 (2005) Response in, Scerri, E.R.: Has the periodic table been successfully axiomatized? Erkenntnis 47, 229–243 (1997) Scerri, E.R.: How ab inito is ab initio quantum chemistry? Found. Chem. 6, 93–116 (2004a) Scerri, E.R.: The placement of hydrogen in the periodic table. Chem. Int. 26, 21–22 (2004b) Scerri, E.R.: Some aspects of the metaphysics of chemistry and the nature of the elements. Hyle 11, 127–145 (2005) Scerri, E.R.: On the continuity of reference of the elements: a response to Hendry. Stud. Hist. Phil. Sci. 37, 308–321 (2006) Scerri, E.R.: The Periodic Table: Its Story and its Significance. Oxford University Press, Oxford (2007) Stewart, P.: A new image of the periodic table. Educ. Chem. 41, 156–158 (2004) Woods, G.: Mendeleev: the man and his legacy. Educ. Chem. March (2007)