The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

Name: The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
Author: Sam Kean
ISBN: 9780316051644

by Sam Kean

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Language EN

Total Pages 394 pages

ISBN: 9780316051644
Published: 2010

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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...

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