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The Disappearing Spoon

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.


Author:

  • Sam Kean

Narrator:

  • Sean Runnette

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 12 h 36 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Natural sciences
  • Physics and chemistry

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