Primo Levi
The Periodic Table
The Periodic Table
I can't believe I've not read this before given it's fame. A very readable and interesting series of anecdotes each related to a chemical element. If that seems a bit contrived it doesn't read like that in any way. It's broadly a biography very much focussing on his feelings and skirting around his time in a Fascist Nazi concentration camp which he's documented elsewhere. There are a couple of other stories thrown in for good measure. I'm entirely sure why except that they are interesting. Excellent book.
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