The Book Prize Index

The Disappearing Spoon

Sam Kean

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. --from publisher description

ScienceScience · high confidenceScience81 signalsLlm Classifier: Science -> ScienceOpen Library: Science, juvenile literature -> ScienceOpen Library: Science -> ScienceBusiness, Capitalism & CorporationsMoney, Markets & Economic PolicyWar & Military Strategy

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Royal Society Science Book PrizeMajor2011ShortlistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

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  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 35%.