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Jul 29, 2019 rated it liked it
Shelves: concierge, science, library, nonfiction, audio
Audiobook narrated by Sean Runnette.


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

Who could have imagined such a volume written about that chart that hangs in every high school chemistry classroom? I’m an admitted science geek. I loved the “Mr Wizard” TV show when I was a kid. (He encouraged us to perform all sorts of experiments using our mother’s kitchen utensils and supplies.) I never wanted a Barbie doll, I wanted a chem ...more
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I can't rate this book because I can't say for sure I enjoyed it. Parts of it, the parts I understood anyway :), were interesting and made me think and wonder why I hadn't realized something before but other parts I read and reread and still don't understand. That doesn't mean this is a bad book. It means some information just will NOT stick in my brain and some information that sticks in my brain I can NOT understand. I did and do like chemistry and love learning new things and some of this was ...more
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