The disappearing spoon and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements
Kean, Sam2011
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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.
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London : Doubleday, 2011.
Collation:
vi, 391 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
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Originally published: New York: Little, Brown, 2010.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780857520265 (hbk)
Local class:
540.9
Language:
English
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BRN:
1251067