The disappearing spoon review6/9/2023 The ladies in my group didn't want to read a "hard" book about science. That suggestion was summarily voted down. The original book came to my attention sometime after it was published and I tried to talk my book club into reading it. This year he rewrote his original work and made it accessible for younger readers targeting middle grade students, grades 5-8. Review: In 2010 Sam Kean published The Disappearing Spoon for adults. "Using chemicals as weapons started in ancient Greece, when the Spartans tried to gas Athenians into submission with the most advanced technology they had at the time: smoke. Unfortunately, even when you could use it, this gigantic cheat sheet may have seemed less than helpful! But the table and each box on it are full of secrets waiting to be decoded" (11). You may have talked about it in class, and you may even have been able to use it during tests and exams. "When you think of the periodic table, you probably think of that colorful chart with many columns and rows hanging on the wall of your science classroom. Title: The Disappearing Spoon and Other True Tales of Rivalry, Adventure, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements (Young Reader's Edition) by Sam Kean
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