In a long line of project ideas that I never plan to execute:<\/p>\n
Imagine a web-site. It is a wiki, but you don’t have access to edit it, only to view it.<\/p>\n
It shows the Periodic Table of the Elements.<\/p>\n
So far, it is pretty uninteresting. Well, I mean interesting, but not novel.<\/p>\n
But click on the “View History” button and it becomes an interactive science history project! There are all the changes and improvements listed. Perhaps some entries might read:<\/p>\n
| Date<\/th>\n | User<\/th>\n | Change Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n |
|---|---|---|
| 1789<\/td>\n | Lavoisier<\/td>\n | Initial version with 33 elements.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| …<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||
| 1864<\/td>\n | Julius Lothar Meyer<\/td>\n | Arrange by valency<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| …<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||
| 1869<\/td>\n | Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev<\/td>\n | Rearranged into larger table<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 1869<\/td>\n | Anon<\/td>\n | Added citation needed for missing elements.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| …<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||
| 1875<\/td>\n | Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran<\/td>\n | Replaced uncited “eka-aluminium” with Gallium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| …<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||
| 2002<\/td>\n | JINR<\/td>\n | Added “ununoctium”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n Obviously, it should be possible to compare the changes at each step to see what was added.<\/p>\n |