[njl]

There are a number of alternative period table layouts[1] that highlight different aspects of the relationships between elements. I taught chemistry for a bit, and I coveted this swooping three-dimensional spiral model that gorgeously showed how the electrons were filling out the different orbitals...

Doob is the man, and I was disappointed when I hit the spiral button and it was a demo of putting the things in a spiral, not the half-remembered spiral-esque model in my mind.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_periodic_tables

[mrdoob2]

Feel free to hack the code and implement these layouts. Should be pretty easy ^^