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A review by mariahmmm
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
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.