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""A visceral, exhilarating, and sweeping tour de force that will tantalize all five of your senses, and some you never knew you had.This is an essential--and sensual--read for anyone who would relish a hands-on experience with the past.""--Lindsey Fitzharris, author of The Facemaker and The Butchering Art ""No writer ranks higher than Sam Kean on the 'You Will Learn Something New and Weird on Every Page'-o-meter.""--Ken Jennings, host of Jeopardy!

""[A] charming romp through the world of experimental archaeology...This idiosyncratic and impressively researched account takes readers to the fringes of knowledge production, revealing along the way that there is as much art as there is science to the study of history. It's a delight.""--Publishers Weekly ""[V]ery hard to put down. A fast-paced, vividly written tale that brings lost civilizations into sharp focus.""--Kirkus (starred review) ""A visceral, exhilarating, and sweeping tour de force that will tantalize all five of your senses, and some you never knew you had.This is an essential--and sensual--read for anyone who would relish a hands-on experience with the past.""--Lindsey Fitzharris, author of The Facemaker and The Butchering Art ""No writer ranks higher than Sam Kean on the 'You Will Learn Something New and Weird on Every Page'-o-meter.""--Ken Jennings, host of Jeopardy!

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Sam Kean is the New York Times bestselling author of The Bastard Brigade, Caesar's Last Breath (the Guardian's Science Book of the Year), The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons, The Violinist's Thumb, and The Disappearing Spoon. He is also a two-time finalist for the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. His work has appeared in The Best American Science and Nature Writing, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and the New York Times Magazine, among other publications, and he has been featured on NPR's Radiolab, All Things Considered, Science Friday, and Fresh Air. His podcast, The Disappearing Spoon, debuted at #1 on the iTunes science charts. Kean lives in Washington DC.

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