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disappearing spoon : and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements

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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  • "disappearing spoon and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements"
  • "Periyodik tablonun ardındaki delilik ve aşk hikayeleriyle dolu farklı bir dünya tarihi"@tr
  • "Periyodik tablonun ardındaki delilik ve aşk hikayeleriyle dolu farklı bir dünya tarihi"
  • "disappearing spoon"
  • "Cucchiaino scomparso"
  • "The disappearing spoon and other true tales of madness, love and the history of the world from the periodical table of the elements"@it
  • "Dünya tarihi"@tr
  • "Dünya tarihi"

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  • "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."
  • "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."@en
  • "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.--Description de l'éditeur."
  • "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 of our crowning scientific achievements, but it's also a treasure trove of passion, adventure, betrayal and obsession. The fascinating tales in The Disappearing Spoon follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold and every single element 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. Why did a little lithium (Li, 3) help cure poet Robert Lowell of his madness? And how did gallium (Ga, 31) become the go-to element for laboratory pranksters? The Disappearing Spoon has the answers, fusing science with the classic lore of invention, investigation, discovery and alchemy, from the big bang through to the end of time."
  • "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 of our crowning scientific achievements, but it's also a treasure trove of passion, adventure, betrayal and obsession. The fascinating tales in The Disappearing Spoon follow carbon, neon, silicon, god and every single element on the table as the play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, conflict, the arts, medicine and the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them. Why did a little lithium (Li, 3) help cure poet Robert Lowell of his madness? And how did gallium (Ga, 31) become the go-to element for laboratory pranksters? The Disappearing Spoon has the answers, fusing science with the classic lore of invention, investigation, discovery and alchemy, from the big bang through to the end of time."

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  • "Geschiedenis (vorm)"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
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  • "al-Milʻaqah al-mukhtafīyah wa qiṣaṣṣ ukhraʹ ḥaqīqīyyah, fī al-junūn, wa al-ḥubb, wa tarīkh al-ʻālam min al-jadwal al-dawrī lil-ʻanāṣir al-kimyāʼīyyah : disappearing spoon and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements"
  • "The disappearing spoon : and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the element"
  • "disappearing spoon : and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements"@en
  • "The disappearing spoon and other true tales of madness, love and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements"
  • "The disappearing spoon and other tales of madness, love and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements"@en
  • "The Disappearing Spoon : And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World"
  • "The disappearing spoon and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements"@en
  • "The disappearing spoon and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements"
  • "The disappearing spoon and other tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements"
  • "The disappearing spoon : And other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements"
  • "The disappearing spoon : and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements"
  • "The disappearing spoon : and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements"@en
  • "Kayıp kaşık : periyodik tablonun ardındaki delilik ve aşk hikayeleriyle dolu farklı bir "dünya tarihi""@tr
  • "Kayıp kaşık : periyodik tablonun ardındaki delilik ve aşk hikayeleriyle dolu farklı bir "dünya tarihi""
  • "Il cucchiaino scomparso e altre storie della tavola periodica degli elementi"
  • "Il cucchiaino scomparso e altre storie della tavola periodica degli elementi"@it
  • "The disappearing spoon : and other true tales of madness, love and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements"
  • "Il cucchiaino scomparso : e altre storie della tavola periodica degli elementi"

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