# The Disappearing Spoon

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## Metadata
- Author: [[Sam Kean]]
- Full Title: The Disappearing Spoon
- Category: #books

## Highlights
- When cooled down to −456°F, helium turned into a superfluid, with exactly zero viscosity and zero resistance to flow—perfect fluidness. Superfluid helium defies gravity and flows uphill and over walls. ([Location 137](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B003JTHXZY&location=137))
- That’s half of chemistry in one sentence: atoms that don’t have enough electrons in the outer level will fight, barter, beg, make and break alliances, or do whatever they must to get the right number. ([Location 156](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B003JTHXZY&location=156))
    - Tags: [[chemistry]]