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Oct. 01, 2010
Mark Twain And Science: It's Complicated
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Did you know Mark Twain tried his hand at science fiction? Author Sam Kean writes about Twain in his book, The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements. Here, Kean narrates an animated look at Twain's story, "Sold to Satan." It's about Twain, typewriters, radium, and, naturally, Satan.
Katherine Wells
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