Nearly 140 years after the periodic table was introduced, new elements are still being discovered, including one just last week. Numerous redesigns of the table have been proposed: arranging it in triangles, diamonds, spirals, parallel planes and even 3D models. But none have gained the popularity of the traditional table. The most common rearrangement, a spiral, tries to illustrate hydrogen's relationship to multiple elements and to integrate a block of elements known as lanthanons and actinons. The design below, by Jeff Moran of Woodstock, N.Y., serves as the basis of an interactive Web-based program that allows users to explore the elements and their interplay.

Jeff Moran, a software developer and former Woodstock town supervisor, has a unique passion for the elements, particularly their interrelationships. His spiral design of the Periodic Table, created in 1991, has gained attention and is featured in a new book, “30-Second Elements,” where he explains copper, aluminum, gadolinium, tellurium, and thallium. Moran is also working on a book proposal about his spiral design, aiming to make complex scientific concepts accessible to the general public.

Here is another contour map of the electronegativity of Moran's Spiral, created by Nagayasu