Sam Kean

Sam Kean is the author of eight books, including The Museum of Lost Things.

Sisters of the Night Sky

The pioneering female scientists who first charted the universe

By Sam Kean | Monday December 5, 2016

It Takes a Laboratory

Science is no longer the domain of solitary experimenters

By Sam Kean | Monday June 8, 2015

Locks for Lettuces

By Sam Kean | Wednesday October 9, 2013

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

Knot in my Back Yard

By Sam Kean | Thursday August 27, 2026

God on the Syllabus

By Sam Kean | Tuesday September 2, 2025

All Talk

By Sam Kean | Thursday January 30, 2025

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

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