Superfoods, Silkworms, and Spandex
Science and Pseudoscience in Everyday Life
$35.00
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
21 May 2024
Summary
In this new collection of bite-size pop science essays, bestselling author, chemistry professor, and radio broadcaster Dr. Joe Schwarcz shows that you can find science virtually anywhere you look. And the closer you look, the more fascinating it becomes. In this volume, we look through our magnifying glass at maraschino cherries, frizzy hair, duct tape, pickle juice, yellow school buses, aphrodisiacs, dental implants, and bull testes. If those don’t tickle your fancy, how about aconite murder…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781770417526 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1770417524 |
| Author: | Dr. Joe Schwarcz |
| Publisher: | ECW Press,Canada |
| Imprint: | ECW Press,Canada |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 21 May 2024 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 140mm x 210mm |
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Critics Review
“This highly informative, authoritative title makes solid science accessible and entertaining, and it keeps alive the author’s tradition of clearly differentiating pseudoscience and quackery from empirical science. Schwarcz’s fans will love this latest book, and he’ll likely gain a new following as well.” — STARRED REVIEW Library Journal
“Dr. Joe gets it right once again! Using fascinating stories that merge the joy of discovery with the history of chemistry, he asks the simplest of questions about the objects that surround us in our everyday environment — questions that we rarely ask ourselves but the answers to which explain everything from pheromones to phlegm and from vampires to vaccines.” — Patricia Brubaker, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
“In Superfoods, Silkworms, and Spandex, Joe Schwarcz continues to make science and discovery both entertaining and educational. In his unique style, he teaches the reader about the origin of everyday items we take for granted and the personalities and times of the people who made them possible.” — David S. Rosenblatt, MD, Professor, Departments of Human Genetics, Medicine, Pediatrics, and Biology, McGill University
“If you’re intrigued by the distinction between science and pseudoscience, Superfoods, Silkworms, and Spandex is your compass through the maze. An indispensable guide to the chemistry of everyday life, this book weaves scientific facts and evidence-based knowledge into a captivating tapestry that readers of all ages will enjoy.” — Michelle Epstein, MD, Allergist and Clinical Immunologist, Medical University of Vienna
“Even well-informed readers will be surprised by what lies beneath … With its bite-sized commentary and accessible language, Superfoods, Silkworms, and Spandex offers quick, navigable lessons on everything from pickles to head transplants.” — Bookworm, no. 30, Literary Review of Canada’s newsletter
Dr. Joe Schwarcz
Dr. Joe Schwarcz is the director of McGill University’s Office for Science and Society, which has the mission of separating sense from nonsense. He hosts a radio show, appears on television, and writes a regular newspaper column. Dr. Joe is also an amateur magician and lives in Montreal, Quebec.
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