Friday, July 9, 2010

The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean Giveaway


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.

Visit SamKean.com for more interesting discoveries.

I'll be reviewing this book in a few short weeks, but in the meantime, Hatchette Books is sponsoring a giveaway for 2 of my readers.

USA and Canada Only.  Sorry, No PO Boxes.

Must be a Minding Spot Follower to enter - google connect, networked blogs, or twitter.

Leave a comment with your email.  Winners announced July 23rd.

THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED.

23 comments:

  1. This would be a very interesting book to read and I would like to win and read it.
    I follow by email and google reader.

    cenya2 at hotmail dot com

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  2. How super cool! I would love to try this. I bet my husband and nephew would love it too. Please count me in :)

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  3. I am a gfc follower. I love stories behind the people that are so important in science. This sounds like a great book.
    debbie
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  4. Thanks for hosting! I am a follower - please enter me. bevsharp@desch.org

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  5. This sounds like kind of an interesting and informative read.
    I'm a follower.
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  6. Already publicly following Minding Spot with Google Friend Connect [Cheryl F. {The Lucky Ladybug}] -- I would love to read The Disappearing Spoon :) *Thanks* for the giveaway!
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  7. How interesting. Count me in, please! :0)

    Thanks!
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  8. my husband would love this book!

    please enter me :)

    stampitchick at yahoo dot ca

    i'm a follower

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  9. Please include me in your giveaway.
    Thanks
    Debbie D
    debdesk9(at)verizon.net

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  10. Sounds interesting! I am a follower
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  12. I found your review to be intriguing and one that I would take pleasure in reading.

    Thank you so much for hosting this giveaway.

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  13. I follow u on GFC .....would love to read this book

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  14. Please count me in. I follow.

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  15. already a follower
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  16. Follow as Renee G on GFC.
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  17. I'm a follower

    I teach about the Periodic Table and I'd love to share with my students some interesting tidbits. I think it would make this subject so much more interesting and memorable.

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  18. I'd love to read this. It sounds really interesting.

    I'm a follower.

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  19. I'd like to read this.
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  20. Sounds like a book I'll really enjoy. Please count me in.

    I'm a new GFC Follower.

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  21. I am recommending this as a future book for my reading club. Sounds like a great set of stories.

    Following on GFC via twitter

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  22. I would love to win a copy!

    I follow you publicly on Google Friend Connect!

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  23. I'm a follower! I would love to read this! :)
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The old grey donkey, Eeyore stood by himself in a thistly corner of the Forest, his front feet well apart, his head on one side, and thought about things. Sometimes he thought sadly to himself, "Why?" and sometimes he thought, "Wherefore?" and sometimes he thought, "Inasmuch as which?" and sometimes he didn't quite know what he was thinking about.

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