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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.

Author: Kean, Sam.

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: New York : Little, Brown, 2010.

ISBN: 9780316051644
0316051640

Description: vi, 391 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Subject: Chemical elements Miscellanea.
Periodic law Tables.

Contents: pt. 1. Orientation : column by column, row by row. Geography is destiny -- Near twins and black sheep : the genealogy of elements -- The Gal\lápagos of the periodic table -- pt. 2. Making atoms, breaking atoms. Where atoms come from : "We are all star stuff" -- Elements in time of war -- Completing the table- with a bang -- Extending the table, expanding the Cold War -- pt. 3. Periodic confusion : the emergence of complexity. From physics to biology -- Poisoner's corridor : "Ouch-ouch" -- Take two elements, call me in the morning -- How elements deceive -- pt. 4. The elements of human character. Political elements -- Elements as money -- Artistic elements -- An element of madness -- pt. 5. Element science today and tomorrow. Chemistry way, way below zero -- Spheres of splendor : the science of bubbles -- Tools of ridiculous precision -- Above (and beyond) the periodic table.

Summary: These tales follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold, and all the elements in the table as they play out their parts in human history.

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