The Disappearing Spoon-消失的勺子

作者：Sam Kean

书名：The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements《消失的勺子：从元素周期表中得到的其他真实的疯狂，爱情和世界历史》

中文简介：《消失的勺子：从元素周期表中得到的其他真实的疯狂，爱情和世界历史》是由科学记者 Sam Kean撰写的2010年书。本书通过故事展示周期表的历史，展示了每个元素如何影响发现元素的人，无论好坏。

英文简介：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, betrayal, and obsession. These fascinating tales follow every element on the table as they play out their parts in human history, and in the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them. THE DISAPPEARING SPOON masterfully fuses science with the classic lore of invention, investigation, and discovery--from the Big Bang through the end of time.