📗 Libro en inglés THE DISAPPEARING SPOON...AND OTHER TRUE TALES FROM THE PERIODIC T ABLE

Why did Gandhi hate iodine I 53 Why did the Japanese kill Godzilla with missiles made of cadmium Cd 48 How did radium Ra 88 nearly ruin Marie Curie s reputation And why did tellurium Te 52 lead to the most bizarre gold rush in history The periodic table is one of our crowning scientific achievements but it s also a treasure trove of passion adventure betrayal and obsession The fascinating tales in The Disappearing Spoon follow carbon neon silicon gold and every single element on the table as they play out their parts in human history finance mythology conflict the arts medicine and the lives of the frequently mad scientists who discovered them Why did a little lithium Li 3 help cure poet Robert Lowell of his madness And how did gallium Ga 31 become the go to element for laboratory pranksters The Disappearing Spoon has the answers fusing science with the classic lore of invention investigation discovery and alchemy from the big bang through to the end of time