"WERE THEY ENEMIES?"

Title of the film:" Were they enemies?" SCENE 01 (The great chemist Arrhenius in his labouratry) He is busy with his research on the conduction of electricity through electrolites. His happy mood shows that he is very near to success. Yes friends, story of this great chemist can be easily converted to a film.Arrhenis is a heroe in chemistry. But do you know that he was a villain for Mendeleev(or vice versa?).when doing his research in electrochemistry he was in his very young age.His findings were not accepted initially.Mendeleev was a strong critic of Arrhenius. Words of Mendeleev is very significant because at that time he was a well established scientist.Disapproval of Mendeleev thus became a great barrier for Arrhenius.But by god's sake Ostwald and Van't Hoff accepted and encouraged Arrhenius. Ostwald was very much impressed by the findings of Arrhenius.Just as lord Krishna embraced 'Kuchela', Ostwald embraced the findings of Arrhenius.There starts the story of a great friendship( why not? Just as we commoners have,scientiest is also having good friends ) Lets move onto scene number 2(after interval). Now Arrhenius is not a research student, he is a popular scientist.But in his eyes,you can see the enemity towards Mendeleev. Its time for the introduction of a new character. That is none other than the great 'NOBEL PRIZE'. Arrhenius is now playing very crucial role in determining the Nobel prize winner.Arrhenius continuously pleaded and recommended this prize for his friends Ostwald and Van't Hoff.Moreover he tried his maximum to deny Nobel prize for Mendeleev. As a result Van't Hoff became first nobel prize winner in chemistry. After four or five years Ostwald also got Nobel. Still our Mendeleev,father of periodic table, did'nt get it. Even a child is sure Mendeleeve is highly eligible for this prize.He deserves it. Years passed and Arrhenius was very firm in his decision. In 1907, the great chemist Mendeleev passed away. After death Nobel prize cannot be given. Now friends you say, were they enemies? Actually who had gone wrong? Was it Mendeleev? Or was it Arrhenius? Before giving me an answer dont forget the suppression faced by Arrhenius. Also dont forget about the incredible contributions of Mendeleev to chemistry.. Note: Arrhenius got Nobel prize in 1903