Hank gives us a tour of the most important table ever, including the life story of the obsessive man who championed it, Dmitri Mendeleev. The periodic table of elements is a concise, information-dense catalog of all of the different sorts of atoms in the universe, and it has a wealth of information to tell us if we can learn to read it. Watch this video in Spanish on our Crash Course en Español channel! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmOl0v_3jsc Pssst... we made flashcards to help you review the content in this episode! Find them on the free Crash Course App! Download it here for Apple Devices: https://apple.co/3d4eyZo Download it here for Android Devices: https://bit.ly/2SrDulJ Table of Contents Dmitri Mendeleev - 0:45 Mendeleev's Organization of the Periodic Table - 2:31 Relationships in the Periodic Table - 5:03 Why Mendeleev Stood Out from his Colleagues - 7:09 How the Periodic Table Could be Improved - 8:28 More info about the cylindrical periodic table of elements: http://www.av8n.com/physics/periodic-table.htm Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thecrashcourse/ CC Kids: null