Sam Kean

Science raconteur. Author of Dinner with King Tut, among other books.

[Sam Kean @sam_kean]

I’m thrilled to announce my NEW BOOK, Dinner with King Tut! It comes out July 8th. You can preorder NOW at these links. Details about the book below...
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@OlympicChenpion Glad you enjoyed Dinner with King Tut! I hope you can check out my other books as well. Lots more great stories there...
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@AJWrightMLS Thanks for picking up Icepick Surgeon, A.J.! I hope you enjoy. I hope can check out my other books as well. Lots more great stories there...
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@debcgee @AConcernedPare2 Glad you’re enjoying the podcast, Deb! I hope you can check out my books as well. Lots more great stories there...
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@JackFolkerth @Briankeating Glad you enjoyed Disappearing Spoon Jack! I hope you can check out my other books as well. Lots more great stories there...
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@ChrisExpTheNews Thanks for picking up Disappearing Spoon, Chris! I hope you can check out my other books as well. Lots more great stories there...
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@TuiteraYa @NewArtemis22 Glad you enjoyed Caesar’s Last Breath! I hope you can check out my other books as well. Lots more great stories there...
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[Sam Kean @sam_kean]

In the 1960s, NASA needed better spacesuits. So they turned to the one firm on earth capable of meeting their strict standards: the Playtex underwear company. Season finale—and a glimpse at my new book—below!
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[Sam Kean @sam_kean]

@ProfeGreg Well, tell all your TV producer friends I'm available. :) Glad you enjoyed Caesar’s Last Breath! I hope you can check out my other books as well. Lots more great stories there...
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[Sam Kean @sam_kean]

His book on evolution rocked 1800s England. Not Charles Darwin. Robert Chambers, whose infamous tome both horrified Darwin, yet paved the way for him. Episode below!

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Nurse Laura Cobb saved more lives than Clara Barton or Florence Nightingale, and under far worse conditions—in a brutal World War II concentration camp. So why did the world forget her?
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[Sam Kean @sam_kean]

@lspear412 @RGRyan777 Cool beans, I appreciate it! I’ll have a new book out September 15th, called The Museum of Lost Things, about the greatest lost treasures in history, so stay tuned for that...

[Sam Kean @sam_kean]

@lspear412 @RGRyan777 Glad you’re enjoying the podcast! I hope you can check out my books as well. Lots more great stories there...
https://t.co/Jh0MZzpPKe

[Sam Kean @sam_kean]

@RobBurgner Hi, Flint. Thanks for picking up Disappearing Spoon! I hope you can check out my other books as well. Lots more great stories in each. I'm especially proud of my latest on, yes, the long arc of history. :) Dinner with King Tut...
https://t.co/lCeTcKxzCS

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@SibilantRambles Glad you enjoyed Spoon and Thumb! I hope you can check out my other books as well. Lots more great stories in each. I'm especially proud of my latest, Dinner with King Tut...
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In the 1950s, scientists hated politics. Then Allen Astin got fired over, of all things, a battery. After that, scientists knew they had to play politics—or face professional annihilation. Episode below!

https://t.co/a4N90CG7kS

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No one in Columbus’s time believed the world was flat. So why did so many children learn this bogus “fact” in school? It all goes back to Rip van Winkle. Episode below!

https://t.co/a4N90CG7kS

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@stormyentrance1 @AuthorGFAllen Hey, Nancy. Glad you enjoyed the books! I’ll have a new one in September about the greatest lost treasures in history, called The Museum of Lost Things, so stay tuned. I also have a podcast with tons of new stories. Hope you can take a listen...
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@Jimfrombaseball Hey, Jim, glad you enjoyed Bastard Brigade! I hope you can check out my other books as well. Lots more great stories there...
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When the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, the two most scientific detectives in the world took on the case. But they overlooked the real enemy—their own petty prejudice. Episode below!
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[Sam Kean @sam_kean]

The Smyth Report is the strangest book ever written on atomic bombs—as well as highly effective science propaganda, warping our view of everything from the Manhattan Project to Robert Oppenheimer. Episode below!

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