Sam Kean

Sam Kean was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and is very proud of his hometown. Kean earned a bachelor’s degree in English and physics at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and a master’s degree in library science at Catholic University of America. The Disappearing Spoon is his first book and it was both a critical and commercial success. It became a bestseller and was nominated by the Royal Society as one of the top 10 science books of 2010. Kean’s other books similarly focus on making science accessible to a general audience, often by using entertaining and unexpected stories from the history of science. Along with Kean’s four books, he writes for magazines such as The Atlantic and The New York Times Magazine. He also regularly appears on the radio and gives guest lectures across the world. He lives in Washington, D.C.