The Disappearing Spoon
Subtitle: and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements
By: Sam Kean
Edition: 1st Back Bay pbk. ed.
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9780316051637
Subjects: Tables; Chemical elements; Periodic law; Miscellanea
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: 3; label: Part I
title: Orientation: Column by Column, Row by Row; label: 1
title: Geography Is Destiny
pagenum: 11; label: 2
title: Near Twins and Black Sheep: The Genealogy of Elements
pagenum: 32; label: 3
title: The Galápagos of the Periodic Table
pagenum: 47; label: Part II
title: Making Atoms, Breaking Atoms; label: 4
title: Where Atoms Come From: "We Are All Star Stuff"
pagenum: 65; label: 5
title: Elements in Times of War
pagenum: 81; label: 6
title: Completing the Table... with a Bang
pagenum: 98; label: 7
title: Extending the Table, Expanding the Cold War
pagenum: 115; label: Part III
title: Periodic Confusion: The Emergence of Complexity; label: 8
title: From Physics to Biology
pagenum: 135; label: 9
title: Poisoner's Corridor: "Ouch-Ouch"
pagenum: 152; label: 10
title: Take Two Elements, Call Me in the Morning
pagenum: 167; label: 11
title: How Elements Deceive
pagenum: 186; label: Part IV
title: The Elements of Human Character; label: 12
title: Political Elements
pagenum: 203; label: 13
title: Elements as Money
pagenum: 222; label: 14
title: Artistic Elements
pagenum: 238; label: 15
title: An Element of Madness
pagenum: 255; label: Part V
title: Elemental Science Today and Tomorrow; label: 16
title: Chemistry Way, Way Below Zero
pagenum: 277; label: 17
title: Spheres of Splendor: The Science of Bubbles
pagenum: 295; label: 18
title: Tools of Ridiculous Precision
pagenum: 314; label: 19
title: Above (and Beyond) the Periodic Table
pagenum: 331; title: Acknowledgments and Thanks
pagenum: 347; title: Notes and Errata
pagenum: 349; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 377; title: Index
pagenum: 379; title: The Periodic Table of the Elements
pagenum: 392; title: Reading Group Guide
pagenum: 395