The Disappearing Spoon

Release on 2018-04-03 | by Sam Kean

The fascinating tales in The Disappearing Spoon follow elements on the table as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, conflict, the arts, medicine, and the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered ...

Author: Sam Kean
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 9780316388252
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction
Page: 240
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The Disappearing Spoon

A young readers edition of the New York Times bestseller The Disappearing Spoon, chronicling the extraordinary stories behind one of the greatest scientific tools in existence: the periodic table. Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? How did radium (Ra, 88) nearly ruin Marie Curie's reputation? And why did tellurium (Te, 52) lead to the most bizarre gold rush in history? The periodic table is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of adventure, greed, betrayal, and obsession. The fascinating tales in The Disappearing Spoon follow elements on the table as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, conflict, the arts, medicine, and the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them. Adapted for a middle grade audience, the young readers edition of The Disappearing Spoon offers the material in a simple, easy-to-follow format, with approximately 20 line drawings and sidebars throughout. Students, teachers, and burgeoning science buffs will love learning about the history behind the chemistry.

Language: en
Pages: 240

The Disappearing Spoon

Authors: Sam Kean

Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction

Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-04-03 - Publisher: Hachette UK

Language: en
Pages: 400

The Disappearing Spoon...and other true tales from the Periodic Table

Authors: Sam Kean

Categories: Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-14 - Publisher: Random House

Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? Why did the Japanese kill Godzilla with missiles made of cadmium (Cd, 48)? How did radium (Ra, 88) nearly ruin Marie Curie's reputation? And why did tellurium (Te, 52) lead to the most bizarre gold rush in history? The periodic table is one

Language: en
Pages: 704

The Oxford Handbook of Group and Organizational Learning

Authors: Linda Argote, John M. Levine

Categories: Business & Economics

Type: BOOK - Published: 2020 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to

Language: en
Pages: 512

Strange Glow

Authors: Timothy J. Jorgensen

Categories: Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-08-22 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

More than ever before, radiation is a part of our modern daily lives. We own radiation-emitting phones, regularly get diagnostic x-rays, such as mammograms, and submit to full-body security scans at airports. We worry and debate about the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the safety of nuclear power plants. But