The fly in the ointment
Subtitle: 70 fascinating commentaries on the science of everyday life
By: Joe Schwarcz.
Publisher: ECW Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9781550226218
Subjects: Science -- Popular works; Science -- Miscellanea
Genres: Popular works.; Miscellanea.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: HEALTH ISSUES; title: Lies, damned lies, and statistics; title: Framed, wild, or canned?; title: DDT: A double-edged sword; title: Feeding the hungry; title: Say "cheese"; title: The teflon scare; title: Weeding out the pesticide myths; title: Paralysis through analysis; title: Bottle or tap?; title: Waxing lyrical about fruit wax; title: The challenge of menopause; title: Carpets and chemical sensitivities; title: Adventures in the health food store; title: The mystery of Alzheimer's disease; title: Going through a phase; title: Russian spies and sick turkeys; title: The strange case of the stinky man; title: High on protein; title: Mad honey; title: When sugar isn't so sweet; title: Sugar-free kisses; title: For the love of broccoli; title: I'm a bread and propionates man; title: Put garlic where?; title: Dietary supplements: to take or not to take?; title: What's in a vitamin name?; title: Toxic e-mail; title: Natural or synthetic?; title: Count your way to good health.; title: SOME NEAT CHEMISTRY; title: Wondrous tricks and bad smells; title: Sex and scents; title: From "yuck" to "yum"; title: Nibbling on glass; title: Bad science, bad justice; title: Santa's mushrooms; title: There's no viagra in niagara; title: The wonders of polyester; title: Pay dirt!; title: A galling tale of vitriol and murder; title: The right alchemy: Harry Potter and Nicolas Flamel; title: The Swedish blonds who turned green; title: Saving lives with Kevlar; title: Kiss and makeup; title: Hard-water woes; title: Look at those cow chips fly!; title: Frenzied males and virgin females; title: Munching on a chemist.; title: ONCE UPON A TIME; title: It started with a bang; title: Taking the fuzzy out of fizz; title: Take a bromide!; title: Clam down; title: A poison eater who just said, "no"; title: You're feeling sle-e-e-epy; title: Molecules and mirrors; title: The lunatics; title: Heady times at the bakery; title: Newton and Mercury; title: Frog legs and a giant leap; title: Animal, vegetable, or mineral?; title: Horror film; title: Absinthe makes the tart grow fonder; title: Pain isn't a laughing matter.; title: BALONEY!; title: Plain baloney; title: A hole in the head: screwy science; title: The quirks of quartz; title: The sad story of a little angel; title: coral calcium on the brain; title: Dead water and living quackery; title: Great movie, junk science; title: Bursting the oxygen bubble.