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Feast of science: intriguing morsels from the science of everyday life

By Joe , Schwarcz

Book information

Publisher
Ecw Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9781770411920, 1770411925
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2466477 bytes)
Pages
240 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Chemical elements;Chemistry;Popular works;Chemistr

Description

A Feast of Science demystifies the chemistry of everyday life, serving up practical knowledge to both inform and entertain. Guaranteed to satiate your hunger for palatable and relevant scientific information, Dr. Joe Schwarcz proves that "chemical" is not necessarily synonymous with "toxic." Are there fish genes in tomatoes? Can snail-slime cream and bone broth really make your wrinkles disappear? What's the problem with sugar, resistant starch, hops in beer, microbeads, and "secret" cancer cures? Are "natural" products the key to good health? And what is "fake news" all about? Dr. Joe answers these questions and more. Cutting through the fat of story, suggestion, and social-media speculation, A Feast of Science gets to the meat of the chemical reactions that make up our daily lives.

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