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"It happens often in biology, but only once in a rare while doesan author come along with the craft and the vision to capture thefun and fascination of chemistry. Sam Kean's The DisappearingSpoon is a pleasure and full of insights. If only I had readit before taking chemistry." --Mark Kurlanksy, author ofSalt and Cod

"If you stared a little helplessly at the chart of the periodictable on the wall of your high school chemistry class, then this isthe book for you. It elucidates both the meanings and the pleasuresof those numbers and letters, and does so with style and dash."--Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough NewPlanet

"The Disappearing Spoon shines a welcome light on thebeauty of the periodic table. Follow plain speaking and humorousSam Kean into its intricate geography and stray into astronomy,biology, and history, learn of neon rain and gas warfare, meet bothruthless and selfless scientists, and before it is over fall headover heels for the anything but arcane subject of chemistry."--Bill Streever, author of Cold

"The best science writers...bring an enthusiasm for the materialthat infects those of us who wouldn't usually give a flying proton.Sam Kean...unpacks the periodic table's bag of tricks with suchaplomb and fascination that material normally as heavy as leadtransmutes into gold. With the anecdotal flourishes of Oliver Sacksand the populist accessibility of Malcolm Gladwell...Kean succeedsin giving us the cold hard facts, both human and chemical, behindthe astounding phenomena without sacrificing any of the wonder--atrait vital to any science writer worth his NaCl. A-"--Entertainment Weekly

"It happens often in biology, but only once in a rare while does
an author come along with the craft and the vision to capture the
fun and fascination of chemistry. Sam Kean's The Disappearing
Spoon is a pleasure and full of insights. If only I had read
it before taking chemistry." --Mark Kurlanksy, author of
Salt and Cod 
 
"If you stared a little helplessly at the chart of the periodic
table on the wall of your high school chemistry class, then this is
the book for you. It elucidates both the meanings and the pleasures
of those numbers and letters, and does so with style and dash."
--Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New
Planet 
 
"The Disappearing Spoon shines a welcome light on the
beauty of the periodic table. Follow plain speaking and humorous
Sam Kean into its intricate geography and stray into astronomy,
biology, and history, learn of neon rain and gas warfare, meet both
ruthless and selfless scientists, and before it is over fall head
over heels for the anything but arcane subject of chemistry."
--Bill Streever, author of Cold 
 
"The best science writers...bring an enthusiasm for the material
that infects those of us who wouldn't usually give a flying proton.
Sam Kean...unpacks the periodic table's bag of tricks with such
aplomb and fascination that material normally as heavy as lead
transmutes into gold. With the anecdotal flourishes of Oliver Sacks
and the populist accessibility of Malcolm Gladwell...Kean succeeds
in giving us the cold hard facts, both human and chemical, behind
the astounding phenomena without sacrificing any of the wonder--a
trait vital to any science writer worth his NaCl. A-"
--Entertainment Weekly 
 
"Sam Kean...is brimming with puckish wit, and his love for the
elements is downright infectious. Kean's book is so rambunctious
and so much fun, you'll find yourself wanting to grab someone just
to share tidbits. But the alchemy of this book is the way Kean
makes you see and experience and appreciate the world differently,
with a real sense of wonder and a joy of discovery, that is
downright elemental." --Caroline Leavitt, Boston
Globe 
 
"This is nonfiction to make you sound smart over gin and tonics:
the human history behind the periodic table." --Time.com 
 
"Sam Kean...has done something remarkable: He's made some highly
technical science accessible, placed well-known and lesser-known
discoveries in the contest of history and made reading about the
lives of the men and women inside the lab coats enjoyable."
--Austin American-Statesman 
 
"Fascinating. Kean has Bill Bryson's comic touch when it comes to
describing genius-lunatic scientists...The book is not so much a
primer in chemistry as a lively history of the elements and the
characters behind their discovery." --New Scientist 
 
"A quirky and refreshingly human look at a structure we usually
think of as purely pragmatic." --SeedMagazine.com 
 
"[The Disappearing Spoon is] crammed full of compelling
anecdotes about each of the elements, plenty of nerd-gossip
involving Nobel prizes, and enough political intrigue to capture
the interest of the anti-elemental among us. Once you're done with
this book, do your chemistry teacher and all her future students a
favor, and send her a copy." --Galleycat 
 
"Kean loves a good story, and his account teems with ripping yarns,
colorful characters, and the occasional tall tale of chemical
invention....let us hope that Kean...continues to bring the
excitement of science out of the lab and into the homes of the
American reading public." --Chemical & Engineering
News 
 
"An idiosyncratic romp through the history of science. The author
is a great raconteur with plenty of stories to tell....entertaining
and enlightening." --Kirkus Reviews

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内容简介

The Periodic Table is one of man's crowning scientific achievements. But it's also a treasure trove of stories of passion, adventure, betrayal, and obsession. 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.

We learn that Marie Curie used to provoke jealousy in colleagues' wives when she'd invite them into closets to see her glow-in-the-dark experiments. And that Lewis and Clark swallowed mercury capsules across the country and their campsites are still detectable by the poison in the ground. Why did Gandhi hate iodine? Why did the Japanese kill Godzilla with missiles made of cadmium? And why did tellurium lead to the most bizarre gold rush in history?

From the Big Bang to the end of time, it's all in THE DISAPPEARING SPOON.

作者简介

Sam Kean is a writer in Washington, D.C. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Mental Floss, Slate, The Believer, Air & Space, Science, and The New Scientist. He is currently working as a reporter at Science magazine and as a 2009 Middlebury Environmental Journalism fellow.

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