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The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean · Booklabria

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The Disappearing Spoon

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First published: 2010
Editions: 19 in 6 languages

Synopsis

The infectious tales and astounding details in The Disappearing Spoon follow carbon, neon, silicon, and gold as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, the arts, poison, and the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them. --from publisher description

Subjects: History
Science
Miscellanea
Chemistry
Tables
Ciencia

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19 in 6 languages

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English13 Spanish2 German1 Polish1 All 6 languages

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