Alternative periodic tables quantum numbers of the electron configuration, hence it has a four-dimensional base. In Theodor Benfey's periodic table (1964), the elements form a two-dimensional spiral, starting from hydrogen, and folding their way around two peninsulars, the transition metals, and lanthanides and actinides. A superactinide island is already slotted in. The Chemical Galaxy (2004) is organized in a similar way. Timothy Stowe's physicist's periodic table is three-dimensional with the three axes representing the principal quantum number, orbital quantum number, and orbital magnetic quantum number. Helium is again a group 2 element. Paul Giguère's 3-D periodic table consists of 4 connected billboards with
The Periodic Table (Basher book) The Periodic Table (Basher book) The Periodic Table: Elements with Style is a 2007 children's science book created by Simon Basher and written by Adrian Dingle. It is the first book in Basher's science series, which includes "Physics: Why Matter Matters!", "Biology: Life As We Know It", "Astronomy: Out of this World!", "Rocks and Minerals: A Gem of a Book", and "Planet Earth: What Planet Are You On?", each of which is 128 pages long. The book is arranged in eleven chapters plus an introduction, and includes a poster in the back of the book. Each chapter is on a