The disappearing spoon : and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements /

Kean, Sam,

The disappearing spoon : and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements / Sam Kean. - First Back Bay paperback edition - 391, 9 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]) and index.

Explores intriguing tales about every element of the periodic table, sharing their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, evil, love, the arts, and the lives of the colorful scientists who discovered them.

9780316051637 (pbk.)

2011381769


Chemical elements--Miscellanea.
Periodic table of the elements.
Chemical elements--Miscellanea.
Periodic law--Tables.

QD466 / .K37 2010

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