The disappearing spoon : and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements
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Kean, Sam
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New York : Back Bay Books, 2011.
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9780316051637, 0316051632, 9780316051644, 0316051640
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LC Subjects
Chemical elements -- Miscellanea.
Periodic law -- Tables.
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Trivia and miscellanea.

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Published
New York : Back Bay Books, 2011.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xii, 391 page, 9 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780316051637, 0316051632, 9780316051644, 0316051640
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 10, 19 Points
Lexile measure
1300

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Includes bibliographical references (page 377) and index.
Description
The periodic table of the elements is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of passion, adventure, obsession, and betrayal. These tales follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold, and all the elements in the table as they play out their parts in human history. The usual suspects are here, like Marie Curie (and her radioactive journey to the discovery of polonium and radium) and William Shockley (who is credited, not exactly justly, with the discovery of the silicon transistor)--but the more obscure characters provide some of the best stories, like Paul Emile François Lecoq de Boisbaudran, whose discovery of gallium, a metal with a low melting point, gives this book its title: a spoon made of gallium will melt in a cup of tea.--From publisher description.
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1300L,Lexile
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Accelerated Reader AR,UG,10,19,185983.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kean, S. (2011). The disappearing spoon: and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements (First Back Bay paperback edition.). Back Bay Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kean, Sam. 2011. The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World From the Periodic Table of the Elements. New York: Back Bay Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

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 New York: Back Bay Books, 2011.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Kean, S. (2011). The disappearing spoon: and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements. First Back Bay paperback edn. New York: Back Bay Books.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

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 First Back Bay paperback edition., Back Bay Books, 2011.

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