The Disappearing Spoon Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Sam Kean
SCORE
4
TOTAL RATINGS
357

The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean Book Summary

From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, finance, mythology, the arts, medicine, and more, as told by the Periodic Table.

Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? How did radium (Ra, 88) nearly ruin Marie Curie's reputation? And why is gallium (Ga, 31) the go-to element for laboratory pranksters?

The Periodic Table is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of adventure, betrayal, and obsession. These fascinating tales follow every element on the table as they play out their parts in human history, and in the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them. The Disappearing Spoon masterfully fuses science with the classic lore of invention, investigation, and discovery -- from the Big Bang through the end of time.

Though solid at room temperature, gallium is a moldable metal that melts at 84 degrees Fahrenheit. A classic science prank is to mold gallium spoons, serve them with tea, and watch guests recoil as their utensils disappear.

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Book Name The Disappearing Spoon
Genre Science History
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Language English
E-Book Size 6.8 MB

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Very enjoyable and interesting read. It's a engaging and very readable scientific history. Not sure what all the price complaints are about — price must have come down. My only complaint would be having to jump to the back of the book for footnotes. Maybe that can't be helped in a digital book?

Looking for Korean. Where is that e-book ?

The disappearing spoon. Very enjoyable read

Interesting Read!. Well written, hard to put down.

The dissapearing spoon. One of The Best science for everybody books I've read

Fantastic. Very well done. It makes the periodic table fun for the first time. Filled with anecdotes from almost all of the elements in the periodic table, this book is sure to make for a captivating read. Sam Kean's humorous style of writing also adds to the overall entertainment of this text. Again very well done Sam Kean.

Delightful book making chemistry interesting. I am very pleased with this book. The chapters are interesting and well assembled. I bought the book for my high school daughter to use as a supplement to her class work. It goes way beyond my expectations. In the "chemistry" portions, the text is written in an understandable and entertaining way. When historical references are made, it was written in such a way I felt like the events were happening recently. Makes the characters important to science and chemistry specifically, seem like real people, not just brilliant scientists. Nice mix of trivia and useful/informative science.

fascinating book. This is one of the best casual science books I have ever read. I think it fantastic for non-scientists and researcher scientists alike. The book discusses important scientific achievements in the context of history and society. For a research scientist, the scientific principles are known, but the book teaches you “the rest of the story.” I’m a research scientist and I couldn’t put the book down (literally). My friend who is not a scientist found the science to be easy enough to understand and really enjoyed both aspects: science and history.

Gripping. No matter what your science background, or even interest in the subject, this book will grab your attention from beginning to end. The book is about the periodic table of elements, however the most interesting theme is the history of science and its quirky role in shaping our world.

If only. If only my chemistry teacher had taught me the periodic table in this interesting manner! It reads like a wonderful, juicy gossip column. Nothing dry and dusty here- even the most science phobic person will find this book interesting!

Very good. If you like science facts or even just interesting narratives where you learn things you didn’t know before, this is the story for you!

A fun read. Well written, comical and engaging.

O.o. 26$?! Looks interesting, but definitely not THAT interesting. I thought you were better than this, apple.

Reading. I loved it !

In the tradition of Bill Bryson. Sam Kean is an amazing writer, able to make supremely challenging and complicated chemistry and physics principles understandable, approachable and fascinating. And more than a little amusing. An enjoyable read by all accounts.

Fascinating stuff!. Author Sam Kean manages to find the most interesting stories and facts hidden in everything!

I love this book!. Even if you aren’t a big fan of chemistry, you will learn stuff despite yourself and laugh like a maniac at the way Sam Kean explains it all.

Great and entertaining. I was never really a chemistry or physics buff in school, but I am very pleased with how this book is put together.

Should be a read for all science students. Wonderfully written. I'm amazed how Mr Kean explained simple to complex chemistry throughout this book so anyone could understand it. Job well done.

Whoa! Expensive.. Looking forward to reading this book... Via my Kindle app (where it is $13 less expensive!!!).

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My favourite book!. This book is amazing! The history behind everything chemistry as well as a crash course on chemistry; it is brilliantly written.

Best science book ever.. This book was an excellent read. I first saw it at my school's library's noteworthy book section and I thought it was about magic (I didn't read the subtitle, I just took a quick glance). Then a few days later I saw it again at a public library in the science section. I thought it was in the wrong category so I picked it up. When I read the subtitle I was hooked instantly. This was a case of literally judging a book by its cover. Once I started to read I just could not put it down. I liked the book so much that I rented it a second time a few months later to read again. This book is full of quirky stories about the periodic table of elements. It taught me more about the periodic table than my high school chemistry class. Great stories, well written. Just the way he explains things makes things easier to understand. (Though I did have to google a few things) this is a must read for any science loving person, or anyone who would like a good book to read in general.

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The The Disappearing Spoon book written by Sam Kean was published on 12 July 2010, Monday in the Science History category. A total of 357 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.

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