1 on the science podcasts chart on iTunes. His stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Slate, and his work has been featured on NPR’s “Radiolab,” “All Things Considered,” and “Fresh Air.” His podcast, The Disappearing Spoon, debuted at No. NPR’s “Science Friday,” the Royal Society, and The Guardian have each named different titles of Kean’s among their top books of the year. The Disappearing Spoon was a book that anyone who is going to learn chemistry or anything science-related should read this book to learn more about the history of the periodic table and why things are important to the way they are. Sam Kean is The New York Times best-selling author of six books, including The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb and The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science (release date: July 13, 2021). In the meantime, you can listen now to a recent interview with Kean.

Look for the next season of Distillations this summer. The first season of The Disappearing Spoon launched March 30, 2021, with an episode about the vaccine supply chain and orphan children.Īnd don’t worry, the Distillations podcast isn’t going anywhere! We’re still producing the in-depth, narrative-style episodes you know and love. These topsy-turvy science tales, some of which have never made it into history books, are surprisingly powerful and insightful. The Disappearing Spoon tells little-known stories from our scientific past-from the shocking way the smallpox vaccine was transported around the world to why we don’t have a birth control pill for men. THE DISAPPEARING SPOON AND OTHER TRUE TALES OF MADNESS, LOVE, AND THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD FROM THE PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS by Sam Kean RELEASE DATE: JIn his debut, Science magazine reporter Kean uses the periodic table as a springboard for an idiosyncratic romp through the history of science.

The Science History Institute has teamed up with New York Times best-selling author Sam Kean to bring a new history of science podcast to our listeners.

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