Radar, Hula Hoops, and Playful Pigs: 67 Digestible Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life

by Joe Schwarcz

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Why do Cretans live longer than other people? Why are the wrong combinations of certain foods and drugs lethal? Can brazil nuts prevent cancer? Why do peanut bags expand on airplane flights? Just what IS the connection between Silly Putty and Flubber? Is there a difference between natural and synthetic vitamin E? How do you get rid of skunk smell? Why are witches linked with broomsticks? Why must bleach never be combined with acids? Why might the whiff of an armpit trigger romance? Why is show more fish known as ""brain food?"" Dr. Joe Schwarcz has been delighting readers for years in his we show less

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This book is a good and easy read. Schwartz clearly knows his science. The overall point he makes about science being a process of uncovering new incremental discoveries is a great idea which cannot be emphasized enough. What left me wanting more, though, was that he rarely described the evidence science has to back up its claims. In an effort to reach the general public, he leaves out the details that makes science what it is: a continual quest for knowledge of how the universe works. I wanted less scientific facts and more description of how we know what we know.
67 deliciosos comentários sobre a facinante química do dia-a-dia. Um bom caminho para se interessar pelo estudo da Quimica. Percebo agora a minha ignorancia.
Apr 14, 2010Portuguese (Brazil)

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Joe Schwarcz is a professor of chemistry and director of the Office for Chemistry and Society at McGill University. He lives in Montreal.

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Radar, hula hoop e maialini giocherelloni: come digerire la chimica in 67 storie
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Radar, Hula Hoops, and Playful Pigs: 67 Digestible Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life
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Science & Nature, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
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540Natural sciences & mathematicsChemistryChemistry and allied sciences
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QD37 .S369ScienceChemistryChemistryGeneral
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