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Kean, Sam.
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Chemistry -- Miscellanea.
Periodic law -- Miscellanea.
Chemical elements -- Miscellanea.
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Kean, Sam.
Chemistry -- Miscellanea.
Periodic law -- Miscellanea.
Chemical elements -- Miscellanea.
MARC Display
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.
by
Kean, Sam.
Little, Brown and Co., 2010.
Call #:
546 K24d
Subjects
Chemistry -- Miscellanea.
Periodic
law -- Miscellanea.
Chemical
elements
-- Miscellanea.
ISBN:
9780316051644
0316051640
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
vi, 391 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 377) and index.
Contents:
Orientation : column by column, row by row. Geography is destiny ; Near twins and black sheep : the genealogy of
elements
; The Galápagos of the
periodic
table
-- 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 --
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 -- The
elements
of human character. Political
elements
;
Elements
as money ; Artistic
elements
; An element of
madness
-- 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:
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.
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