AUTHOR

Sam Kean

Books by Sam Kean

The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science

Average rating: 7.69

75 ratings

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

Average rating: 7.61

36 ratings

The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code

Average rating: 7.45

11 ratings

The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery

Average rating: 8

9 ratings

Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations

Average rating: 9

8 ratings

The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb

Average rating: 7.43

7 ratings

Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us

Average rating: 8

1 rating

La cuchara menguante: Y otros relatos veraces de locura, amor y la historia del mundo a partir de la tabla periódica de los elementos

Average rating: 8

1 rating

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