The Disappearing Spoon the age of madness authors and architects - from

authors and architects - from Richard II to Anne Boleyn

She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way

PRIVATE: #1 SUSPECT is James Patterson at his unstoppable best

World leaders have just four days to prevent an unimaginable cataclysm

Morgan has to navigate a workplace love affair that threatens to blow the roof off his plans

The Disappearing Spoon the age of madness authors and architects - fromFrom New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, finance, mythology, the arts, medicine, and more, as told by the Periodic Table. Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? How did radium (Ra, 88) nearly ruin Marie Curie's reputation? And why is gallium (Ga, 31) the go to element for laboratory pranksters? The Periodic Table is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of adventure,