The disappearing spoon : and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements
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Kean, Sam.
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QD466 .K37 2010
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LC Subjects
Chemical elements -- Miscellanea.
Periodic table of the elements.
Trivia and miscellanea.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Chemical elements.
Periodic law.
Periodic table of the elements
Tables.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Other Subjects
Anekdote -- Chemisches Element.
Chemical elements
Chemisches Element
Chemisches Element -- Anekdote.
Chemisches Element -- Geschichte.
Classification périodique des éléments.
Miscellanea
Miscellanées.
periodic table.
Éléments chimiques -- Miscellanées.

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vi, 391 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
UPC
3202361, 99938374962

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Includes bibliographical references (page 377) and index.
Description
The periodic table of the elements is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of passion, adventure, obsession, and betrayal. These tales follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold, and all the elements in the table as they play out their parts in human history. The usual suspects are here, like Marie Curie (and her radioactive journey to the discovery of polonium and radium) and William Shockley (who is credited, not exactly justly, with the discovery of the silicon transistor)--but the more obscure characters provide some of the best stories, like Paul Emile François Lecoq de Boisbaudran, whose discovery of gallium, a metal with a low melting point, gives this book its title: a spoon made of gallium will melt in a cup of tea.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kean, S. (2010). The disappearing spoon: and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements . Little, Brown and Co..

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kean, Sam. 2010. The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World From the Periodic Table of the Elements. New York: Little, Brown and Co.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kean, Sam. The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World From the Periodic Table of the Elements New York: Little, Brown and Co, 2010.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Kean, S. (2010). The disappearing spoon: and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements. New York: Little, Brown and Co.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Kean, Sam. The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World From the Periodic Table of the Elements Little, Brown and Co., 2010.

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