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A Periodic Table for Biology
Imparting order to biological data requires a biological way of thinking
The Scientist 2004, 18(12):32
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From the beginning of written history, humans have gathered information and imparted order, starting with Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia, to Carl Linnaeus' binomial nomenclature for the classification of animals and plants, to today's numerous genome annotations. Several physicists in the 19th century had attempted to order the known elements. Notably, Dmitri Mendeleev published his periodic table and law in 1869. Its most stunning feature: Holes within its hierarchical structure predict the existence and properties of additional elements – the ultimate validation of scientific theory and thought.
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