Sam Kean

Sam Kean

Sam Kean has written at least 9 books. Their most popular book is The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements with 267 saves with an average rating of 3.94⭐.

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

2010 • 267 Readers • 391 pages • 3.9

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

2014 • 100 Readers • 416 pages • 4

The Icepick Surgeon

2021 • 89 Readers • 368 pages • 3.7

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

2012 • 74 Readers • 416 pages • 3.9

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

2017 • 46 Readers • 384 pages • 4.2

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

2019 • 34 Readers • 496 pages • 4

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018

2018 • 8 Readers • 368 pages • 4

Adventures in Memory: The Science and Secrets of Remembering and Forgetting

2016 • 3 Readers • 4

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

2025 • 3 Readers • 464 pages • 5

Degetul mare al violonistului. Și alte povești necunoscute despre dragoste, război și geniu, așa cum au fost scrise în genele noastre

2012 • 1 Reader • 576 pages • 4