Sam Kean

Sam Kean is the author of six science books, including The Disappearing Spoon and The Icepick Surgeon.

Smarter Than Dirt

By Sam Kean | Wednesday October 9, 2013

Dead Serious, and Yet Flaky

By Sam Kean | Wednesday October 9, 2013

Bach to the Lituus

By Sam Kean | Thursday June 27, 2013

Bette Davis Eye Sockets

By Sam Kean | Thursday June 27, 2013

Life Savers on the Cheap

By Sam Kean | Thursday June 27, 2013

Throwing Light on the Matter

By Sam Kean | Thursday June 27, 2013

Ready for Close-Ups

By Sam Kean | Monday June 24, 2013

The Scent of a Woman Pharaoh

By Sam Kean | Monday June 24, 2013

Things Periodic and Elemental

By Sam Kean | Monday June 24, 2013

Master Masticator

By Sam Kean | Monday June 24, 2013

We Are the Borg

By Sam Kean | Friday August 16, 2024

Thought Experimenter

By Sam Kean | Monday April 1, 2024

Don’t Forget Intuition

By Sam Kean | Thursday June 1, 2023

Subatomic Inspiration

By Sam Kean | Wednesday June 1, 2022

Order Amid Chaos

By Sam Kean | Monday February 15, 2021
Kean: Galileo on trail at the Inquisition

Heaven and the Heretic

By Sam Kean | Monday March 2, 2020

An Even Greater Beyond

By Sam Kean | Thursday February 22, 2018

Sisters of the Night Sky

By Sam Kean | Monday December 5, 2016

It Takes a Laboratory

By Sam Kean | Monday June 8, 2015

Locks for Lettuces

By Sam Kean | Wednesday October 9, 2013

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