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The Periodic Table

by Primo Levi

  • FINISHED
  • Finished August 2018
  • First published 1975

chemistry memoir

Levi, a chemist and Auschwitz survivor, organizes twenty-one short pieces around chemical elements.   Each element is tied to an episode from his life, including his time in Italy before and after the war.

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