The genius of Mendeleev’s periodic table | Guide Energy Solutions

In 1849, a 15-year-old boy named Dmitri Mendeleev walked over 1,200 miles through the Russian winter sick with tuberculosis and penniless, just to chase an education. Denied entry into Moscow’s university, he persevered in St. Petersburg, where he graduated at the top of his class. Two decades later, he changed science forever by creating the first periodic table of the elements. | Epic History