by sam kean · the disappearing spoon and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the...
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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
Contents
The Periodic Table of the Elements 3
Longest Word 5
Uncertainty Principle 5
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The Periodic Table of the Elements
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T h e P e r i o d i c T a b l e o f t h e E l e m e n t s ,con t inued
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Longest Word
acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylseryl-glutaminylphenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylseryl-valyltryptophylalanylaspartylprolylisoleucylglutamyl-leucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinylthreonylserylseryl-leucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanylglutami-nylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreo-nylthreonylglutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylpheny-lalanylserylglutaminylvalyltryptophyllysylprolylphenyla-lanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalylarginylphenylala-nylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysylvalyltyrosylargin-yltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartylprolylleucyli-soleucylthreonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenyla-lanylaspartylthreonylarginylasparaginylarginylisoleucyli-soleucylglutamylvalylglutamylasparaginylglutaminylglu-taminylserylprolylthreonylthreonylalanylglutamylthreo-nylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginylvalylaspar-tylaspartylalanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylsery-lalanylasparaginylisoleucylasparaginylleucylvalylasparagi-nylglutamylleucylvalylarginylglycylthreonylglycylleucyl-tyrosylasparaginylglutaminylasparaginylthreonylphenyla-lanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucylvalyltrypto-phylthreonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine
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Uncertainty Principle
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