Author & Editor


14. Co-editor with Elena Ghibaudi, What is An Element? Oxford University Press, New York, 2020.

13. Author of, The Periodic Table, Its Story and Its Significance, 2nd edition, Oxford University, 2020.

12. Author of, A Very Short Introduction to the Periodic Table, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, New York, 2019.

11. Co-editor with Guillermo Restrepo, Mendeleev to Oganesson. Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Periodic Table, Oxford University Press 2018.

10. Author of, A Tale of Seven Scientists and A New Philosophy of Science, Oxford University Press, 2016.

9. Co-editor with Grant Fisher of, Essays in The Philosophy of Chemistry, Oxford University Press, New York, 2016.

8. Author of A Tale of Seven Elements, Oxford University Press, 2013.
  • Awarded honorable mention at Los Angeles Book Fair, 2014
  • Translated into Italian, Korean and Arabic

7. Co-editor with L. McIntyre, The Growth of a New Discipline, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol. 306, Springer, Heidelberg, 2014.

6. Consulting Editor, 30-second elements, Ivy Press, UK, 2013. Translated into French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese etc.

5. Author of A Very Short Introduction to the Periodic Table, Oxford University, 2011.
  • Translated into Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese and Arabic
  • Selected as Outstanding Academic Title, 2011, by Choice Library Magazine

4. Author of Selected Papers on the Periodic Table by Eric Scerri, Imperial College Press, London, 2009.

3. Author of Collected Papers on Philosophy of Chemistry, Imperial College Press, London, 2008.

2. Author of The Periodic Table, Its Story and Its Significance, Oxford University Press, New York, 2007.
  • Winner of UCLA, Herbert Newby McCoy faculty award
  • Chosen as Outstanding Academic Title for 2007 by Choice Library Magazine
  • Japanese Translation published by Asakura Publishing Company, October, 2009
  • French translation published by EDP Sciences, 2011
  • Chinese translation published by Dalian University of Technology Press, 2013

1. Co-editor of, The Philosophy of Chemistry: The Synthesis of a New Discipline, Baird, D., Scerri, E.R., McIntyre, L., (eds.), volume 242 of Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Springer, Heidelberg, 2005
Spanish translation published by Fondo de Cultura Economica, Mexico City, 2011.
Chapters by Dr. Scerri