Sam Kean

Sam Kean is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including Dinner with King Tut, The Icepick Surgeon, The Bastard Brigade, and The Disappearing Spoon. His stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, and Slate, and his work has been featured on NPR’s “Radiolab,” “Science Friday,” “All Things Considered,” and “Fresh Air.” His podcast, The Disappearing Spoon, debuted at #1 on the iTunes charts for science podcasts.

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Awards: Merck Prize, for best literary science book ... Grady-Stack Award (ACS), for outstanding science communication

Communities: science and history lovers

Books:

Dinner with King Tut

How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-Creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations
Science / Medicine / Technology
Little Brown
July 2025
ISBN 9780316496551
464 pages

The Icepick Surgeon

Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
Science / Medicine / Technology
Little Brown
July 2022
ISBN 9780316496513
368 pages