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.
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