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tophat8855's review against another edition
4.0
Quality popular-science-genre book. Warning: if you had to memorize the element song in high school and then you listen to the audio book here, it WILL be stuck in your head.
Kean tries to group the stories and merge them together in a flow, but the transitions are quick so you can kind of get lost in "what was the point of this section?" But the stories are great and it's fun to listen (used Hoopla for audio book) to them. Scientists are funny people.
Kean tries to group the stories and merge them together in a flow, but the transitions are quick so you can kind of get lost in "what was the point of this section?" But the stories are great and it's fun to listen (used Hoopla for audio book) to them. Scientists are funny people.
kiah_derriman's review against another edition
1.5
i dont think im the target audience but fuck it felt meandering and so boring. it took me so long to finish and i didnt care for it
themeadowofashtrees's review against another edition
funny
informative
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
4.75
mariahmmm's review against another edition
funny
informative
slow-paced
3.0
An in-depth overview on the history, discovery, and use of all the elements within the periodic table; covering topics including war time, art and the economy, and extraterrestrial life forms.
This was such a huge endeavour and unfortunately was not successful. So much ground was covered in this book that I felt I was drowning most of the time. Humour abounds but did little to carry the heavy material along. More diagrams to explain complex, or even comical, parts would have been helpful.
This was such a huge endeavour and unfortunately was not successful. So much ground was covered in this book that I felt I was drowning most of the time. Humour abounds but did little to carry the heavy material along. More diagrams to explain complex, or even comical, parts would have been helpful.
robivy's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars. You have to be really, really into science to like this one. It was interesting for sure, but at times I felt myself wishing it would just end, and I felt the author could have gotten a better result by making it about half as long. I would have given it 4 stars if it had been more concise.
stormcorvin's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
5.0
Science with EQ