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|a The disappearing spoon :
|b and other true tales of madness, love and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements /
|c Sam Kean.
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|a Introduction -- Geography is destiny -- Near twins and black sheep : the geneology of elements -- The Galápagos fo the periodic table -- Where atoms come from : "We are all star stuff" -- Elements in times of war -- Completing the table ... with a bang -- Extending the table, expanding the Cold War -- From physics to biology -- Poisoner's corridor : "ouch-ouch" -- Take two elements, call me in the morning -- How elements deceive -- Political elements -- Elements as money -- Artistic elements -- An element of madness -- Chemistry way, way below zero -- Spheres of splendor : the science of bubbles -- Tools of ridiculous precision -- Above (and beyond) the periodic table -- Acknowledgments and thanks -- Notes and errata -- Bibliography -- Index -- The periodic table of the elements.
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|a 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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