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The Disappearing SpoonSam Kean

The Disappearing Spoon

2010 · EN

History Science & Nature

The infectious tales and astounding details in The Disappearing Spoon follow carbon, neon, silicon, and gold as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, the arts, poison, and the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them. --from publisher description

Editions · 1

Paperback

2019

240 pp · EN

9780316388276

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