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Sam Kean
Sam Kean is the New York Times-bestselling author of seven books. He spent years collecting mercury from broken thermometers as a kid, and now lives in Washington, D.C. His stories have appeared in Th…

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Deborah Blum is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author.

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I love salt more than chocolate. I'm somewhat small, yet deceptively strong. Sort of like an ant.

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Mary Pipher
Mary Elizabeth Pipher, also known as Mary Bray Pipher, is an American clinical psychologist and author, most recently of Women Rowing North, a book on aging gracefully. Prior to that, she wrote The Gr…
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Not to be confused with 19th century American humorist Bill Nye

William Sanford "Bill" Nye, popularly known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, is an American science educator, comedian, television presenter,…
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Fabio Bacà è nato nel 1972 a San Benedetto del Tronto, e vive ad Alba Adriatica.
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