Year-long celebration of the periodic table launched by Unesco

By Emma Stoye2019-01-30T09:30:00

A picture of Mendeleev with his 1869 periodic table

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Hundreds gather in Paris to commemorate 150 years of Dmitri Mendeleev’s most enduring work

Yesterday saw the official launch of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT 2019) at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) headquarters in Paris, France. Hundreds of chemistry enthusiasts gathered for a day-long programme of talks, roundtable discussions and musical performances to kick off IYPT.