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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
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The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler
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Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World
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Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World
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Salt: A World History
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The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
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Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
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Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
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Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
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The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug
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