The disappearing spoon (intl.): and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements, Sam Kean

Автор: Kean, Sam
Название: The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
ISBN: 0316051640 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780316051644
Издательство: Hachette Book Group
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Описание: 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.

Автор: Sam Kean
Название: The Violinist`s Thumb
ISBN: 055277751X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780552777513
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: Did the human race almost go extinct? Can genetics explain a cat lady`s love for felines? And how did the right combination of genes create the exceptionally flexible thumbs and fingers of a truly singular violinist? This title explains how genetics has shaped our past and how DNA will determine humankind`s future.

Автор: Sam Kean
Название: The Disappearing Spoon
ISBN: 0552777501 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780552777506
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: 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.

Автор: Sam Kean
Название: The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
ISBN: 0316286486 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780316286480
Издательство: Hachette Book Group
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