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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
2 reviews
daniellekat's review
I feel bamboozled. I was expecting funny/exciting stories about the periodic table of elements. Instead, this was an in depth look at the discovery of each element with some world history thrown in. There was no general timeline or narrative being followed, just a rambling and bizarre storytelling of each discovery. This author made good use of a thesaurus and often came up with wildly unnecessary ways to state a point. I’m also pretty confused at who the target audience of this book is. I have some basic university-level understanding of chemistry but I found this both too basic at times and way too advanced/detailed.
Content Warnings
Graphic: War
Moderate: Misogyny
marianneiriss's review against another edition
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.0
really interesting, learnt a lot of fun facts from it. a good light non-fiction read, quite amusing at times too
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Medical content, Misogyny, Terminal illness, War, Antisemitism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, and Genocide
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