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Summary of 2239 reviews
Moods
funny 35%
challenging 29%
inspiring 19%
reflective 18%
lighthearted 16%
relaxing 8%
adventurous 5%
dark 3%
hopeful 3%
mysterious 1%
sad 1%
Pace
slow 43%
fast 9%
Average rating
391 pages | first published 2010
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ISBN/UID: 9780316051644
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Publication date: 12 July 2010
Description
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...Book Information
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
391 pages | first published 2010
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ISBN/UID: 9780316051644
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Publication date: 12 July 2010
Description
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...Book information
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Moderate
Animal cruelty, Animal death, CancerCommunity Reviews
Summary of 2239 reviews
Moods
funny 35%
challenging 29%
inspiring 19%
reflective 18%
lighthearted 16%
relaxing 8%
adventurous 5%
dark 3%
hopeful 3%
mysterious 1%
sad 1%
Pace
slow 43%
fast 9%
Average rating