This is a great target ted book which is nicely written and an interesting read aside from being informative, traces the history of development of periodic table and understanding of the order in elements after advent of quantum mechanics. How the Elements Were Reduced to Order. The Arduous Road Travelled by the Periodic Law.

The prediction of Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev that he wrote in his diary on July10, 1905: "To all appearances, the future is not likely to threaten the periodic law with destruction; it promises instead only the erection of a superstructure and further development ... "