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The Disappearing Spoon
Dastardly deeds and colourful characters are rolled up in Sam Kean’s elementally structured book The Disappearing Spoon (Black Swan, ISBN 9780552777506). Instead of the classic division into masses and groups, Kean has divided the book into stories and themes based on the use and discovery of various elements. It is a well-paced read, with the option to skip to self-contained chapters as elemental discoveries start snowballing through various advancements in technology through the twentieth century
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