Sunday, June 27, 2010

Book Giveaway-The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean

The Periodic Table is one of man's crowning scientific achievements. But it's also a treasure trove of stories of passion, adventure, betrayal, and obsession. The infectious tales and astounding details in THE DISAPPEARING SPOON follow carbon, neon, silicon, and gold as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, the arts, poison, and the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them.

We learn that Marie Curie used to provoke jealousy in colleagues' wives when she'd invite them into closets to see her glow-in-the-dark experiments. And that Lewis and Clark swallowed mercury capsules across the country and their campsites are still detectable by the poison in the ground. Why did Gandhi hate iodine? Why did the Japanese kill Godzilla with missiles made of cadmium? And why did tellurium lead to the most bizarre gold rush in history?

From the Big Bang to the end of time, it's all in THE DISAPPEARING SPOON.






I have two copies of this book to giveaway. Please leave a comment below to enter. This is open to US and Canada and winners will be chosen on July 28.

23 comments:

  1. I love this kind of book. I'm an engineer and my kids show all the signs. They love all of the books about weird facts.
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  2. Please count me in; thanks!

    denny(dot)gill(at)gmail(dot)com

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  3. Sounds fascinating—please enter me to win!

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  4. Sounds interesting.

    Melissa
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  5. Sounds so interesting. Please enter me.
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  6. This book is going to be a very interesting to
    read. I would really like to win it.

    cenya2 at hotmail dot com

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  7. I would love to have this book. I love unusual stories about important people.
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  8. This one sounds good, and I need something new to read right now!

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  9. Sorry, forgot my email:
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  10. Sounds like a book that a trivia buff (me!) would love!

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  11. Whoa, sounds like my kind of book!! ;)

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  12. Sounds like a fascinating read. Thanks for the giveaway.
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  13. I would love this. Thanks for the giveaway.

    s.mickelson at gmail dot com

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  14. please count me in...thanks :)

    karenk
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  15. Please count me in - I love science books!

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  16. This sounds like a very interesting book. I would love to win it. Thank you for the chance.

    Smiles,
    Cindy W.

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  17. Awesome book. Thanks for the chance.

    dorcontest at gmail dot com
    Canada

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  18. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  19. This sounds like a great book! Thanks for the chance.

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  20. Please include me in your giveaway.
    Thanks
    Debbie
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  21. I found your review to be intriguing and one that I would take pleasure in reading.

    Thank you so much for hosting this giveaway.

    steven(dot)capell(at)gmail(dot)com

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  22. This sounds good. I'd pass it on to my grandsons after I'm done reading it.
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  23. I would love to be entered for this. Thanks!

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