Reddit reviews The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
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I was just learning about standardizations!!!!! In the book I'm listening to The Disappearing Spoon. Which is an awesome book about the history of the periodic table, did you know that Marie Curie was known as a bit of a hussy in her day? AWESOME!
So does this mean that CeraVe cream is actually a lotion and not a cream?
I've never read "The Selfish Gene," so I'm not sure my suggestion will be any good, but I loved reading "The Disappearing Spoon" by Sam Keane.
It's basically a collection of narratives that have to do with various elements on the periodic table. Loved every minute of it.
These are some of my favorite books, all of which I have read and hope to own someday or currently own. I highly recommend the Underland Chronicles to you since you like the Hunger Games but I really think you will like any of these books.
You could look into The Disappearing Spoon. This series of blog articles will give a bit of a preview of how the book reads.
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
And I'll second Green_Army's recommendation of The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat- I'm a 'hard' scientist and even still I enjoyed this book.
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 is a really good book and covers a lot of chemistry. It is well written and engaging and has a lot of fun facts and accounts of scientists.
I am loving The Disappearing Spoon.
The Disappearing Spoon. I absolutely loved reading it.
http://www.amazon.com/Disappearing-Spoon-Madness-Periodic-Elements/dp/0316051640
There's a good book on this that tells the story of each element and how it was discovered. And yes it was a nationalistic pissing contest. Some mad scientists were involved. The Disappearing Spoon
The Disappearing Spoon. Also anything by Mary Roach, especially Stiff.
The Disappearing Spoon is a great book if you are interested in how the periodic table shaped the history of the world. It's a really easy read and offers a lot of history and science facts that you may have not otherwise come across.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Disappearing-Spoon-Periodic-Elements/dp/0316051640
There were also several layouts proposed for the table, and debates on how best to arrange the elements.
It's also easier to see that they fit in this configuration because it's a human invention. Elements as we know them are just electrons, protons, and neutrons. Certain electron shells convey certain properties, and have been arranged to show the most in common properties.
For a good read on this topic, check out The Disappearing Spoon. It has some history behind the discovery of various elements.
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements is quite interesting.
In the same vein, I also recommend The Disappearing Spoon.
Chemistry kinda IS physics on a tiny scale. Try reading 'The Disappearing Spoon'. It presents chemistry in a very exciting way.
Someone has been reading "The Disappearing Spoon" I take it.