Download or read book The Disappearing Spoon written by Sam Kean and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.