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Science goes viral : captivating accounts of science in everyday life /
"Science has gone viral! In more ways than one. Bestselling popular science author Dr. Joe Schwarcz breaks down the science of essential oils, placenta creams, intermittent fasting, and of course the spread of COVID-19 misinformation in this new collection from the master of demarcating non-sci...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada :
ECW Press,
[2021]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Part I: The Virus Strikes
- Down the Toilet
- Charlie Chaplin, Dr. Tuttle, and the Spanish Flu
- Pangs about the Pangolin
- The Science of Epidemiology
- Singing Happy Birthday Is No Longer Only for Birthdays
- Oh My, Miasma
- Boosting Immunity
- From Variolation to Vaccination
- A Vaccination Triumph
- COVID Vaccines, Here We Come!
- Here Is the Message about Messenger RNA
- Musing about Mutation
- Sharks and Vaccines
- The Dry Ice Story Is Anything but Dry
- The Bitter Saga of Quinine
- Throwing Light on Ultraviolet Light
- Hyperbaric Chambers and COVID
- Corona Aerosols
- The Fascinating History of Dexamethasone
- Brazilian Pit Vipers, Blood Pressure, and COVID-19
- Zapping COVID with Copper?
- Nonsense Was Quick to Emerge as Virus Gripped the World
- Seinfeld and the Coronavirus
- Part II: There Is Science Beyond COVID
- Chemistry
- The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Science
- Good Science Is No Laughing Matter
- A Musical Memory of Plexiglas
- There Is More to the Placenta Than the Mother-Embryo Connection
- Science Fiction, Science Fact
- The Legend of Johnny Appleseed
- Treading Gingerly on Ginger
- Gorilla Glue Makes for a Bad Hair Day
- Brushing Up on Hair Dyes
- Jean Harlow's Hair
- Oh, the Dread of Red M&Ms
- Mysteries, Magic, and Thyroid Disease
- Lice, Typhus, and Napoleon
- Navalny and Novichok
- Natural or Synthetic?
- Time to Smell the Roses
- Lego Chemistry
- Cheers to the Discoverer of Wine Disease
- Dirty Bombs and Prussian Blue
- A Shocking Catastrophe in Beirut
- The Story of Vodka
- Graduating to Bioplastics
- Spirits of Salt
- Unearthing a Giant Hoax
- Bisphenol A and My SocksMy
- Turning Up the Heat on Thermal Paper Receipts
- Shining a Light on the Importance of Darkness
- A Biblical Dye
- Intermittent Fasting
- Recycling Polystyrene
- Superabsorbent Polymers Really Suck It Up
- Arsenic, the King of Poisons, Poison of Kings
- Arsenic in Fact and Fiction
- Wig Power
- Plants and Hospitals
- Chalk It Up
- Omega-3 Questions
- The Spy Who Went Out into the Cold
- Elderberry Plusses and Minuses
- Tarantulas and the Dancing Plague
- Powering Your Cell Phone
- Lincoln's Magician
- Slowing Down the Clock
- King Tut's Tomb
- Up in Smoke
- Kambo
- Mustard Gas and Chemotherapy
- Want a Date?
- Fluoride and IQ
- The Science and Pseudoscience of Essential Oils
- Bug Juice
- The Crazy Story of Locoweed
- Toxicity of Nicotine Is Nothing to Sneeze At
- Trehalose and C. Difficile
- Seaweed and Its Surprising Subplots
- Burgers from Plants
- Can Fluorinated Compounds Shrink Penises?
- From Dry Cleaning to Saran Wrap
- Chlorinated Chicken
- Quack Quack
- Alpha Spin Makes Your Head Spin
- False Claims and Conspiracy Theories
- Turning the Tables on the Table Turners
- Finale: Always Wear Underwear
- Index.