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

Contributor(s): Kean, Sam (Author)

ISBN: 9780316051637

Publisher: Little, Brown Paperbacks

Binding Types:

Paperback

$22.99

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$35.94 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$34.74 (100+ copies: $33.99)

List/retail price:

$22.99

Pub Date: June 6, 2011

Dewey: 546

LCCN: 2011381769

Lexile Code: 1300

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.20" H x 8.20" L x 5.50" W ( 0.80 lbs) 416 pages

BISAC Categories:

Science | Chemistry | Inorganic | History | Organic

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000185983 ( Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements)

Reading level: 10.00

Interest level: UG

Point value: 19.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: The periodic table is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of adventure, betrayal, and obsession. These fascinating tales follow every element on the table as they play out their parts in human history, and in the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them.

Review Quotes: "Kean...unpacks the periodic table's bag of tricks with such aplomb and fascination that material normally as heavy as lead transmutes into gold. A-"--Keith Staskiewicz, Entertainment Weekly

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