Ingredients : the strange chemistry of what we put in us and on us
Cheese puffs. Coffee. Sunscreen. Vapes. George Zaidan reveals what will kill you, what won't, and why-explained with high-octane hilarity, hysterical hijinks, and other things that don't begin with the letter H. Ingredients offers the perspective of a chemist on the stuff we eat, drink, inhale, and smear on ourselves. Apart from the burning question of whether you should eat that Cheeto, Zaidan explores a range of topics
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| Location | |
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| Stamford | Available |
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| Subject |
| Food > Composition. Nutrition. Diet. Chemicals. |
- ISBN: 9781524744274
- Physical Description 299 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2020.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Processed food is bad for you, right? -- Plants are trying to kill you -- Microbes are trying to eat your food -- The smoking gun, or what certainty looks like -- Sunburnt to a crisp, or what less certainty looks like -- Is coffee the elixir of life or blood of the devil? -- Associations, or the grapes of math -- What's that public pool smell made of? -- You're late for a very important date -- So what do I do? |