Baykoucheva, SvetlaGordin, MichaelSvetla Baykoucheva interviews Dr. Michael Gordin, Director of Graduate Studies of the Program in the History of Science at Princeton University, about his research and views on the history of chemistry. Dr. Gordin is the author of a book on Dmitrii Mendeleev (the Russian chemist who created the Periodic Table of Elements). Dr. Gordin has also published books on Russian science and the early history of nuclear weapons in the Soviet Union.en-USBaykouchevaBaykoushevaMichael GordinHistory of chemistryMendeleevhistory of nuclear weaponsSoviet scienceHistory of pseudoscienceYear of ChemistrySt. PetersburgRussian scienceRussian chemistsCold WarRussian Chemical SocietyGermanyRussiaAleksandr BorodinEmil ErlenmeyerMarkovnikovChemical societiesKazanScientific fraudPseudoscienceKekuléIntelligentsia ScienceRed Cloud at DawnArticle