Top 100 records that match your search results Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=3295&N=3+6069+6601 The disappearing spoon and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements by Kean, Sam. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1185253 The periodic table is one of mans crowning scientific achievements. But its also a treasure trove of stories of passion, adventure, betrayal, and obsession. 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.