Author | Primo Levi |
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Original title | Il sistema periodico |
Translator | Raymond Rosenthal |
Cover artist | M. C. Escher |
Language | Italian |
Genre | Short stories |
Publisher | Einaudi (Italian) Schocken Books (English) |
Publication date | 1975 |
Publication place | Italy |
Published in English | 1984 |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 233 |
ISBN | 0-8052-3929-4 |
OCLC | 16468959 |
The Periodic Table (Italian: Il sistema periodico) is a 1975 short story collection by Primo Levi, named after the periodic table in chemistry. In 2006, the Royal Institution of Great Britain named it the best science book ever.[1]