The Periodic Table

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book memoir

The Periodic Table is a memoir by Primo Levi that interweaves his experiences as a Jewish-Italian chemist and Holocaust survivor with reflections structured around elements from chemistry.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
author Primo Levi ⓘ
awarded Primo Levi Prize (indirectly associated with author’s reputation) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
genre Holocaust literature ⓘ
autobiographical literature ⓘ
essay collection ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
hasISBN 978-0-8052-1035-6 ⓘ
hasPart chapter ⓘ
hasTheme identity ⓘ
memory and testimony ⓘ
moral responsibility of scientists ⓘ
persecution of Jews ⓘ
relationship between science and humanity ⓘ
survival ⓘ
influenced contemporaryHolocaustMemoirs ⓘ
scienceWritingAsLiterature ⓘ
inspiredBy Mendeleev periodic table ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement postwar Italian literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Primo Levi ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableFor integrationOfChemistryAndAutobiography ⓘ
reflectionOnHolocaustThroughScientificMetaphors ⓘ
numberOfChapters 21 ⓘ
originalLanguage Italian ⓘ
originalTitle The Periodic Table self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Il sistema periodico
publicationYear 1975 ⓘ
publisher Einaudi ⓘ
recognizedBy Royal Institution as one of the best science books ever written ⓘ
setting AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp

Italy ⓘ
Turin ⓘ
structure organizedAroundChemicalElements ⓘ
subject Holocaust ⓘ
Jewish identity ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
chemistry ⓘ
ethics of science ⓘ
memory ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
World War II era ⓘ
postwar period ⓘ
translatedInto English ⓘ
translator Raymond Rosenthal ⓘ

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