Author

Sam Kean

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10 books

Books

  1. The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements 2010
  2. The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery 2014
  3. The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code 2012
  4. Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us 2017
6 more
  1. The Bastard Brigade 2019
  2. The Icepick Surgeon 2021
  3. The Disappearing Spoon, Young Readers Edition 2018
  4. Dinner with King Tut 2025
  5. The best American science and nature writing 2018 2018
  6. Adventures in Memory 2020

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  8. Mark Miodownik Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

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