Chemistry, Spectroscopy, and the Question of Reduction

The following sections are included:

• Modern Chemical Education. Too Much So-Called Theory?

• The Periodic Table According to Chemistry or According to Spectroscopy

• A Recent Modification to the Form of the Periodic Table

• Other Changes In Electronic Configurations Including the Rare Earths

• The Actinides. A Case Where Spectroscopy Triumphs over Chemistry?

• Conclusion

• Acknowledgment

• Literature Cited