Disappearing spoon and other true tales of madness, love and the history of the World from the periodic table of the elements

The fascinating tales in The Disappearing Spoon follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold and every single element on the table as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, conflict, the arts, medicine and the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them.

 

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Subject(s)Science
Author(s)Sam Kean
Age11-14, 14-16, 16-19, FE/HE
Published2011
Published by
Shelf reference546.8 KEA
ISN/ISBN9780552777506
Direct URLhttps://www.stem.org.uk/x8hv2

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