The Disappearing Spoon is a book I just had to have, both for myself and for my husband, so when the chance to review it was waved in front of me, I lunged for it. I’m not a chemical enthusiast or even into science, but the description of Sam Kean’s The Disappearing Spoon was too enticing to pass up:
The Periodic Table is one of man’s crowning scientific achievements. But it’s also a treasure trove of stories of passion, adventure, betrayal, and obsession. The infectious tales and astounding details in THE DISAPPEARING SPOON follow carbon, neon, silicon, and gold as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, the arts, poison, and the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them.
We learn that Marie Curie used to provoke jealousy in colleagues’ wives when she’d invite them into closets to see her glow-in-the-dark experiments. And that Lewis and Clark swallowed mercury capsules across the country and their campsites are still detectable by the poison in the ground. Why did Gandhi hate iodine? Why did the Japanese kill Godzilla with missiles made of cadmium? And why did tellurium lead to the most bizarre gold rush in history?
From the Big Bang to the end of time, it’s all in THE DISAPPEARING SPOON.
Also, my husband is most definitely into science and a total science enthusiast, so I knew the book would be perfect for him. And it was! He, who normally reads a book once every few months, buzzed through the book in a matter of days. In fact, I think he had read it from cover to cover in under forty-eight hours. As for me, I’m only three chapters in, but I also have only a basic grasp of science and the elements, so it’s taking my brain a bit longer to process all of the information. However, so far The Disappearing Spoon is proving to be a very good read. I hope to check back next week and update with a full review!
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This book sounds really good. My fiance would love reading it. I’m not into science very much so I’m shocked to say it even sounds interesting to me.
Great blog by the way. I’ve been reading it all night.