Disappearing Spoon Chapter Summary

The best-selling novel, The Disappearing Spoon, is written by Sam Kean. The book revolves around the periodic table. It goes into such depth of the table, it is literally an adventure historically, politically, and scientifically. Not to mention, it is relevant to what has been learned this school year, which is what I’ll be talking about in this paper. The book is extremely helpful in learning the periodic table of elements, which is an imperative tool to have when studying physical science or chemistry, for example. It fills an unknown void of what the table is, solving mysteries as the chapter progresses.

Key Idea 1 The introduction of the book is very intriguing, making readers want to read more. It is in fact one of my favorite parts of the book, telling how Kean’s love for the periodic table and its elements started. It then jumps into giving useful facts and information that I was oblivious to. The geography of the elements is told, where they are located and the importance of their

Whether it be a water fall or a shiny diamond. Almost everything around us is made up of some sort of element. Next time you go outside, take a look around you and stand in awe of the creation of God. God is the real creator of these elements. The scientists just sorted them out and named them. I know God exists because everything around me has such beauty. In my opinion, one of the most beautiful things on Earth is stars. They shine so bright, but are so far away. Stars are 4.3 light years away from Earth. That amazes me. Stars are made of gas, mostly hydrogen and helium. They are the two lightest elements. Human life is also the greatest thing made from elements. The Earth is so beautiful and I think at times, we as people take that for granted. Elements make up this world, without them we would be nothing. There would be no human life or