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Author of Mendeleyev's Dream, included in Bill Gates's 2022 all-time favorites list.
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Mendeleyev's Dream
by Paul Strathern · 2000
Paul Strathern's history of chemistry and the development of the periodic table.
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Documented citation: Gates included Mendeleyev's Dream in his 2022 all-time favorite books list.
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Gates Notes · 2022 · accessed 2026-06-22
The first-party Gates Notes page presents these titles as Bill Gates all-time favorite books for holiday 2022; the catalog text is a summary rather than a verbatim quote.
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