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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

text The disappearing spoon : and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements

Kean, Sam.

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 ... Read more
Contents
Orientation: column by column, row by row. Geography is destiny -- New twins and black sheep: the genealogy of elements -- The Galapagos of the periodic table -- Making atoms, breaking atoms. Where atoms come from: "we are all star stuff" -- Eleme... Read more
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Description
vi, 391 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co. 2010
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Woodmere (Main Branch) 546 KEA in Adult Non-fiction Available
Fife Lake Public Library 546 KEA in Adult Non-fiction Available
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