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PhD Chemistry King's College London
PhD Philosophy King's College London

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According to Wikipedia, Eric R. Scerri is a chemist, writer and philosopher of science of Maltese origin. He is a lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles; and the founder and editor-in-chief of Foundations of Chemistry, an international peer reviewed journal covering the history and philosophy of chemistry, and chemical education.

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The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance (2006) (222)
THE CASE FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF CHEMISTRY (1997) (170)
Prediction and the periodic table (2001) (105)
Have Orbitals Really Been Observed (2000) (89)
Has Chemistry Been at Least Approximately Reduced to Quantum Mechanics? (1994) (88)
Philosophy of chemistry: synthesis of a new discipline (2006) (83)
The Nature of Chemical Knowledge and Chemical Education (2002) (74)
Philosophical Confusion in Chemical Education Research (2003) (65)
The Electronic Configuration Model, Quantum Mechanics and Reduction (1991) (62)
THE EVOLUTION OF THE PERIODIC SYSTEM (1998) (59)
The Failure of Reduction and How to Resist Disunity of the Sciences in the Context of Chemical Education (2000) (55)
Has the Periodic Table Been Successfully Axiomatized? (1997) (49)
Just how ab initio is ab initio quantum chemistry? (2004) (49)
Philosophy of Chemistry—A New Interdisciplinary Field? (2000) (49)
Some aspects of the metaphysics of chemistry and the nature of the elements (2005) (45)
Wind data evaluation in the Maltese Islands (1996) (43)
The Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction (2019) (40)
A tale of seven elements (2013) (38)
The Recently Claimed Observation of Atomic Orbitals and Some Related Philosophical Issues (2001) (37)
The dual sense of the term “element,” attempts to derive the Madelung rule, and the optimal form of the periodic table, if any (2009) (35)
THE PERIODIC TABLE AND THE ELECTRON (1997) (34)
Top-down causation regarding the chemistry–physics interface: a sceptical view (2012) (34)
The Ambiguity of Reduction (2007) (34)
The Role of Triads in the Evolution of the Periodic Table : Past and Present (2008) (33)
Essays in Philosophy of Chemistry (2016) (33)
Prediction of the nature of hafnium from chemistry, Bohr's theory and quantum theory (1994) (33)
THE NEW PHILOSOPHY OF CHEMISTRY AND ITS RELEVANCE TO CHEMICAL EDUCATION (2001) (32)
Chemistry, spectroscopy, and the question of reduction (1991) (32)
How Good Is the Quantum Mechanical Explanation of the Periodic System (1998) (29)
Collected papers on philosophy of chemistry (2008) (28)
Can quantum ideas explain chemistry’s greatest icon? (2019) (25)
Popper's naturalized approach to the reduction of chemistry (1998) (24)
Why the 4s Orbital Is Occupied before the 3d (the authors reply) (1996) (23)
What is an element? What is the periodic table? And what does quantum mechanics contribute to the question? (2012) (23)
Transition Metal Configurations and Limitations of the Orbital Approximation (1989) (22)
Mendeleev to Oganesson: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on the Periodic Table (2018) (21)
Reduction and Emergence in Chemistry—Two Recent Approaches (2007) (21)
The Periodic Table (2019) (20)
Explaining the periodic table, and the role of chemical triads (2010) (19)
Performance and cost evaluation of a stand-alone photovoltaic system in Malta (1996) (18)
Which Elements Belong in Group 3 (2009) (18)
Realism, Reduction, and the "Intermediate Position" (2008) (17)
Philosophy of Chemistry: Growth of a New Discipline (2006) (16)
The Past and Future of the Periodic Table (2008) (16)
Editorial 37 (2011) (15)
A Tale of Seven Scientists and a New Philosophy of Science (2016) (15)
Recent attempts to change the periodic table (2020) (15)
A critique of Weisberg’s view on the periodic table and some speculations on the nature of classifications (2012) (15)
The discovery of the periodic table as a case of simultaneous discovery (2015) (15)
The radiation climate of Malta (1982) (14)
Correspondence and Reduction in Chemistry (1993) (14)
Normative and Descriptive Philosophy of Science and the Role of Chemistry (2006) (14)
On the continuity of reference of the elements: a response to Hendry (2006) (14)
Cracks in the periodic table. (2013) (14)
Ordinal Explanation of the Periodic System of Chemical Elements (1998) (13)
Eastern mysticism and the alleged parallels with physics (1989) (11)
Happy 150th Birthday to the Periodic Table. (2019) (11)
LOWDIN’S REMARKS ON THE AUFBAU PRINCIPLE AND A PHILOSOPHER’S VIEW OF AB INITIO QUANTUM CHEMISTRY (2003) (10)
The Periodic Table and the Philosophy of Classification (2011) (10)
Mendeleev (2019) (10)
The Periodic Table: The Ultimate Paper Tool in Chemistry (2001) (9)
Analysis of wind characteristics in the Maltese Archipelago (1997) (9)
Looking Backwards and Forwards at the Development of the Periodic Table (2019) (9)
Response to Barnes’s critique of Scerri and Worrall (2005) (9)
The exclusion principle, chemistry and hidden variables (2005) (8)
Commentary on Allen & Kinght’s Response to the Löwdin Challenge (2006) (8)
A review of research on the history and philosophy of the periodic table Una revisión de investigaciones sobre la historia y la filosofía de la tabla periódica (2011) (8)
Five ideas in chemical education that must die (2019) (8)
10. Interdisciplinary Research at the Caltech Beckman Institute (2000) (8)
Response to Vollmer’s Review of Minds and Molecules (2003) (7)
Interfacing a solar photovoltaic system with the national electricity grid in Malta (1998) (7)
The nature of the chemical bond—Once more (3) (1992) (7)
Provisional Report on Discussions on Group 3 of The Periodic Table (2021) (7)
Constructivism, Relativism, and Chemical Education (2003) (6)
Another four bricks in the wall. (2016) (6)
Chemistry goes abstract. (2009) (6)
Bibilography of Secondary Sources on the Periodic System of the Chemical Elements (2001) (6)
Structure of crystalline polymers produced by rapid cooling of their melts: 2. Polyoxymethylene (1979) (6)
A Critique of Atkins' Periodic Kindom and Some Writings on Electronic Structure (1999) (6)
Response to Needham (1999) (6)
Forum: The Philosophy of Classification (2011) (6)
BIBLIOGRAPHY ON PHILOSOPHY OF CHEMISTRY (1997) (5)
Comments on a recent defence of constructivism in chemical education (2010) (5)
Editorial 5 (2000) (4)
The Tao of chemistry (1986) (4)
Introduction : The invisibility of chemistry (2005) (4)
Hands-on experience of the setting-up of a stand-alone photovoltaic demonstration project in Malta (1994) (4)
Editorial 8 – Special Issue on the Periodic System of the Elements (2001) (4)
Recognizing rhenium. (2010) (4)
A revisionist history of atomism (2010) (4)
Principles and Parameters in Physics and Chemistry (2004) (4)
The electronic periodic chart of the elements (1991) (4)
Master of Missing Elements (2014) (4)
ON THE FORMALIZATION OF THE PERIODIC TABLE (2005) (4)
The Gulf between chemistry and philosophy of chemistry, then and now (2017) (4)
Selected papers on the periodic table (2009) (4)
Placement of Hydrogen in the Periodic Table (2004) (3)
Editorial 11 (2002) (3)
La tabla periódica (2008) (3)
Some Comments Arising from a Recent Proposal Concerning Instrumentalism and Chemical Education (2012) (3)
What is the Nature of the Periodic Table as a Classification System (2011) (3)
Mendeleev's Legacy: THE PERIODIC SYSTEM (2009) (3)
Editorial 58 (2018) (3)
What if the periodic table starts and ends with triads (2006) (3)
Editorial 15 (2003) (3)
Reassessing the Notion of a Kuhnian Revolution (2021) (3)
Editorial 21 (2005) (3)
Evolución del sistema periódico (1998) (2)
Editorial 22 (2006) (2)
El pasado y el futuro de la tabla periódica Este fiel símbolo del campo de la química siempre encara el escrutinio y el debate (2011) (2)
The Chemical Element: A Historical Perspective (Greenwood Guides to Great Ideas in Science) (Andrew Ede) (2007) (2)
The Impact of Twentieth-Century Physics on the Periodic Table and Some Remaining Questions in the Twenty-First Century (2021) (2)
Selected Papers on The Periodic Table by Eric Scerri (2009) (2)
On Chemical Natural Kinds (2020) (2)
In Defense of Quantum Numbers (1999) (2)
The periodic table and the turn to practice. (2020) (2)
Editorial 49 (2015) (2)
Editorial 29 (2008) (2)
A PHILOSOPHICAL COMMENTARY ON GIUNTA'S CRITIQUE OF NEWLANDS' CLASSIFICATION OF THE ELEMENTS (2001) (2)
Hasok Chang on the nature of acids (2022) (2)
Causation, electronic configurations and the periodic table (2020) (2)
Reassessing the Notion of a Kuhnian Revolution What Happened in Twentieth-Century Chemistry (2021) (2)
The Quantum Mechanical Explanation of the Periodic System (author's reply) (1999) (2)
General Introduction to the papers (2008) (2)
Second response to Paul Needham (2000) (2)
Editorial 16 (2004) (2)
Editorial 33 (2009) (1)
Editorial 28 (2008) (1)
Editorial 19 Special Issue on Philosophical Problems of Chemical Kinds (2005) (1)
Performance analysis between thermopile and silicon solarimeters (1992) (1)
Editorial 41 (2012) (1)
Editorial 59 (2018) (1)
Editorial 61 (2019) (1)
A New Response to Wray and an Attempt to Widen the Conversation (2022) (1)
Philosophical Confusion in Chemical Education Research: Constructivism and Chemical Education (the author replies) (2004) (1)
Editorial 56 (2017) (1)
30-Second Elements : The 50 Most Significant Elements , Each Explained In Half A Minute (2018) (1)
Editorial 64 (2020) (1)
Editorial 1 (2010) (1)
Editorial 38 (2011) (1)
Title Some aspects of the metaphysics of chemistry and the nature of the elements Permalink (2005) (1)
The Many Questions Raised by the Dual Concept of “Element” (2020) (1)
Who is a theorist (2011) (1)
The tyranny of the chemist (2006) (1)
Editorial 63 (2019) (1)
Ensayos sobre la Tabla Periódica de los elementos químicos (2011) (1)
Editorial 52 (2016) (1)
El descubrimiento de la tabla periódica como un caso de descubrimiento simultáneo (2017) (1)
Some comments on the views of Niaz, Rodriguez and Brito on Mendeleev’s periodic system (2013) (1)
Editorial 43 (2013) (1)
Editorial 45 (2013) (1)
Editorial 51 (2015) (1)
Editorial 57 (2017) (1)
Editorial 50 (2015) (1)
Editorial 46 (2014) (1)
Editorial 39 (2011) (1)
Editorial 40 (2012) (1)
Editorial 26 (2007) (1)
Editorial 31 (2009) (1)
Editorial 62 (2019) (1)
Editorial 42 (2012) (1)
Editorial 48 (2014) (1)
A Note on the Debate Between Hjørland and Scerri on the Significance of the Periodic Table (2011) (1)
Editorial 60 (2018) (1)
Editorial 54 (2016) (1)
Editorial 53 (2016) (1)
Periodic table turns 150 in 2019 (2018) (1)
Editorial 47 (2014) (1)
Editorial 44 (2013) (1)
Erratum to: Editorial 41 (2014) (1)
Demystification at What Cost? (the authors reply) (1997) (1)
Editorial 55 (2017) (1)
Editorial 27 (2007) (1)
Editorial 23 (2006) (1)
Editorial 35 (2010) (1)
Various forms of the periodic table including the left-step table, the regularization of atomic number triads and first-member anomalies (2021) (1)
Editorial 70 (the platinum issue) (2022) (0)
Element 43—Technetium (2013) (0)
Editorial 24 (2006) (0)
Geoff Rayner-Canham: The periodic table: past present, and future (2020) (0)
Philosophy of chemistry, reduction, emergence, and chemical education (2007) (0)
Editorial 56 (2017) (0)
The Periodic System (2019) (0)
A response to Labarca and Zambon on their claimed reconceptualization of the concept of element and its basis as a new representation of the periodic system. (2018) (0)
Editorial 43 (2013) (0)
Further Aufbau Nonsense (1994) (0)
Editorial 68 (2021) (0)
Response to ``The Role of Triads'' (2009) (0)
Editorial 40 (2012) (0)
Editorial 69 (2021) (0)
Astrophysics and Nucleosynthesis (2019) (0)
Editorial 58 (2018) (0)
Editorial 71 (2022) (0)
Editorial 12 (2002) (0)
Editorial 57 (2017) (0)
Editorial 30 (2008) (0)
Una respuesta a Labarca y Zambon sobre su pretendida reconceptualización del concepto de elemento y su base como una nueva representación del sistema periódico. (2018) (0)
More Chemistry (2019) (0)
Editorial 50 (2015) (0)
The Seven Last Infra-Uranium Elements to Be Discovered (2019) (0)
Editorial 60 (2018) (0)
1. The elements (2019) (0)
Editorial 44 (2013) (0)
Editorial 13 (2003) (0)
In praise of triads (2022) (0)
Moseley Centennial Lecture: The Works of Henry Moseley, 1887-1915 (2013) (0)
Are you really a realist (2012) (0)
3. Atomic weight, triads, and Prout (2011) (0)
Editorial 46 (2014) (0)
A commentary on Weisberg’s critique of the ‘structural conception’ of chemical bonding (2022) (0)
Charles S. McCaw: Orbitals with applications in atomic spectra, 2nd edition (2020) (0)
THE PROMISE OF METACHEMISTRY In 1940 appeared (2018) (0)
Geoff Rayner-Canham: The periodic table: past present, and future (2020) (0)
Finding francium. (2009) (0)
On the Naming and Symbols for Elements 115 and 112 (2014) (0)
10. Forms of the periodic table (2011) (0)
The relationship between the periodic system, quantum mechanics and the orbital model. (1992) (0)
9. Modern alchemy (2011) (0)
The Elements: A Visual History of Their Discovery (2022) (0)
Erratum (2003) (0)
Minor Contributors Count as Much as Heroic Discoverers (2019) (0)
The Works of Henry Moseley, 1887-1915 (2013) (0)
Prediction and Accommodation: The Acceptance of Mendeleev’s Periodic System (2019) (0)
Interdisciplinary research at the Beckman institutes (1997) (0)
Quantitative Relationships among the Elements and the Origins of the Periodic Table (2019) (0)
Fisuras en la tabla periódica (2013) (0)
8. Quantum mechanics (2011) (0)
On Chemical Natural Kinds (2020) (0)
The Electron and Chemical Periodicity (2019) (0)
Un relato sobre Siete Elementos (2014) (0)
Editorial 17 (2004) (0)
Editorial 18 (2004) (0)
What is an element? What is the periodic table? And what does quantum mechanics contribute to the question? (2011) (0)
Can quantum ideas explain chemistry’s greatest icon? (2019) (0)
Forms of the Periodic Table (2019) (0)
Editorial 66 (2020) (0)
Reviews (2011) (0)
Editorial 25 (2007) (0)
A critique of Weisberg’s view on the periodic table and some speculations on the nature of classifications (2012) (0)
Quantum Mechanics and the Periodic Table (2019) (0)
6. Physics invades the periodic table (2011) (0)
7. Electronic structure (2011) (0)
5. The Russian genius (2011) (0)
Editorial 41 (2012) (0)
Causation, electronic configurations and the periodic table (2020) (0)
Editorial 54 (2016) (0)
Editorial 49 (2015) (0)
The Philosophy of Chemistry (2016) (0)
La tabla periódica: una obra inacabada (2019) (0)
Editorial 20 (2005) (0)
4. Steps towards the periodic table (2011) (0)
Editorial 73 (2023) (0)
Editorial 14 (2003) (0)
Philosophical Confusion in Chemical Education Research: Does Any of This Matter? (2004) (0)
The Nucleus and the Periodic Table: Radioactivity, Atomic Number, and Isotopy (2019) (0)
Editorial 47 (2014) (0)
Editorial 52 (2016) (0)
Editorial 53 (2016) (0)
Editorial 32 (2009) (0)
La classification périodique des éléments (1998) (0)
Tales of technetium. (2009) (0)
Editorial 34 (2010) (0)
Ewolucja ukladu okresowego (1998) (0)
Image and Reality: Kekulé, Kopp and the Scientific Imagination (2011) (0)
Element 61—Promethium (2013) (0)
Editorial 51 (2015) (0)
Zamęt w układzie (2013) (0)
Editorial 65 (2020) (0)
Response to Geoffrey Neuss on how to teach the 4s and 3d orbital conundrum (2021) (0)
On the nature of chemistry (2018) (0)
Five ideas in chemical education that must die (2019) (0)
LETTERS: Reductionist physics (1990) (0)
The legacy of Mendeleev and his periodic system (2006) (0)
Editorial 61 (2019) (0)
Editorial 59 (2018) (0)
Examining the periodic table’s quantum connections, by Eric Scerri (2019) (0)
Editorial 72 (2022) (0)
Element 91—Protactinium (2013) (0)
Authors index volume (1999) (0)
Synthetic Elements (2019) (0)
Comments on Weisberg ’ s “ Who is a modeler ? ” (2011) (0)
Editorial 42 (2012) (0)
Editorial 48 (2014) (0)
Introduction (2020) (0)
Editorial 36 (2010) (0)
Erratum to: Editorial 41 (2012) (0)
A philosopher's view on the Periodic Table of the Elements and its significance: Interview with Eric Scerri (2010) (0)
In praise of triads (2022) (0)
Electronic Explanations of the Periodic System Developed by Chemists (2019) (0)
Interview with Olimpia Lombardi (2022) (0)
Editorial 64 (2020) (0)
Editorial 55 (2017) (0)
Response to Geoffrey Neuss on how to teach the 4s and 3d orbital conundrum (2021) (0)
Discoverers of the Periodic System (2019) (0)
Editorial 65 (2020) (0)
2. A quick overview of the modern periodic table (2011) (0)
HISTORICAL PRELUDE AND THE TREATMENT OF THE PERIODIC SYSTEM AND TABLE IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL LITERATURE (1998) (0)
Editorial 67 (2021) (0)
The Evolution of the Periodic System From its origins some 200 years ago , the periodic table has become a vital tool for modern chemists (1999) (0)
Editorial 45 (2013) (0)

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