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Sam Kean

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Sam Kean is an American writer. He has written for The New York Times Magazine, Mental Floss, Slate, Psychology Today, and The New Scientist. He has also published six books which discuss scientific discoveries in a narrative style.

Sam Kean is read about 33 times a day, in 5 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 14 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry2021

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His books received positive reviews in The Wall Street Journal Library Journal, and The New York Times. He was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and lives in Washington, D.C.

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United States
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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