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Index
Front Cover Image
Welcome
Introduction
Part I Orientation: Column by Column, Row by Row
1. Geography Is Destiny
2. Near Twins and Black Sheep: The Genealogy of Elements
3. The Galápagos of the Periodic Table
Part II Making Atoms, Breaking Atoms
4. Where Atoms Come From: “We Are All Star Stuff”
5. Elements in Times of War
6. Completing the Table… with a Bang
7. Extending the Table, Expanding the Cold War
Part III Periodic Confusion: The Emergence of Complexity
8. From Physics to Biology
9. Poisoner’s Corridor: “Ouch-Ouch”
10. Take Two Elements, Call Me in the Morning
11. How Elements Deceive
Part IV The Elements of Human Character
12. Political Elements
13. Elements as Money
14. Artistic Elements
15. An Element of Madness
Part V Element Science Today and Tomorrow
16. Chemistry Way, Way Below Zero
17. Spheres of Splendor: The Science of Bubbles
18. Tools of Ridiculous Precision
19. Above (and Beyond) the Periodic Table
Acknowledgments and Thanks
Reading Group Guide
A conversation with Sam Kean
Questions and topics for discussion
Sam Kean’s top-five favorite elements
Sam Kean’s suggestions for further reading
Notes and Errata
Bibliography
The Periodic Table of the Elements
Table of Contents
About the Author
Extraordinary acclaim for Sam Kean’s The Disappearing Spoon
Copyright Page
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