The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

by Sam Kean | Nonfiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0316051640 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingMelydiawing of Rockville, Maryland USA on 11/11/2018
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Journal Entry 1 by wingMelydiawing from Rockville, Maryland USA on Sunday, November 11, 2018
Found at The Book Thing of Baltimore.

Perhaps not everyone would find the history of the periodic table as fascinating as I do, but I really enjoyed this. Not all of the chapters are about the element's discovery; many are related stories of their discoverers' lives or the element's impact on history. You don't have to understand much chemistry to enjoy this, but it does help to have an interest in the subject to begin with. It's certainly accessible, but perhaps not universally engrossing.

Registered in Rockville, Maryland, USA.

Journal Entry 2 by wingMelydiawing at Rockville, Maryland USA on Monday, December 17, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (12/16/2018 UTC) at Rockville, Maryland USA

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Gave to Firegirl because it was on her wishlist.

Journal Entry 3 by Firegirl at Annandale, Virginia USA on Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Gifted to me at the BD-in-DC holiday gathering. Thank you for thinking of me!

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