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Science goes viral : captivating accounts of science in everyday life / Dr. Joe Schwarcz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schwarcz, Joe, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Popular works.
- Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada : ECW Press, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Part I The Virus Strikes
- Down the Toilet p. 3
- Charlie Chaplin, Dr. Turtle, and the Spanish Flu p. 5
- Pangs about the Pangolin p. 8
- The Science of Epidemiology p. 10
- Singing Happy Birthday Is No Longer Only for Birthdays p. 13
- Oh My, Miasma p. 15
- Boosting Immunity p. 18
- From Variolation to Vaccination p. 20
- A Vaccination Triumph p. 23
- COVID Vaccines, Here We Come! p. 26
- Here Is the Message about Messenger RNA p. 28
- Musing about Mutation p. 33
- Sharks and Vaccines p. 35
- The Dry Ice Story Is Anything but Dry p. 38
- The Bitter Saga of Quinine p. 41
- Throwing Light on Ultraviolet Light p. 44
- Hyperbaric Chambers and COVID p. 46
- Corona Aerosols p. 49
- The Fascinating History of Dexamethasone p. 51
- Brazilian Pit Vipers, Blood Pressure, and COVID-19 p. 54
- Zapping COVID with Copper? p. 57
- Nonsense Was Quick to Emerge as Virus Gripped the World p. 59
- Seinfeld and the Coronavirus p. 63
- Part II There Is Science Beyond COVID
- Chemistry - The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Science p. 69
- Good Science Is No Laughing Matter p. 71
- A Musical Memory of Plexiglas p. 73
- There Is More to the Placenta Than the Mother-Embryo Connection p. 76
- Science Fiction, Science Fact p. 78
- The Legend of Johnny Appleseed p. 81
- Treading Gingerly on Ginger p. 83
- Gorilla Glue Makes for a Bad Hair Day p. 86
- Brushing Up on Hair Dyes p. 89
- Jean Harlow's Hair p. 91
- Oh, the Dread of Red M&Ms p. 94
- Mysteries, Magic, and Thyroid Disease p. 97
- Lice, Typhus, and Napoleon p. 99
- Navalny and Novichok p. 102
- Natural or Synthetic? p. 105
- Time to Smell the Roses p. 107
- Lego Chemistry p. 110
- Cheers to the Discoverer of Wine Disease p. 112
- Dirty Bombs and Prussian Blue p. 115
- A Shocking Catastrophe in Beirut p. 117
- The Story of Vodka p. 119
- Graduating to Bioplastics p. 122
- Spirits of Salt p. 124
- Unearthing a Giant Hoax p. 127
- Bisphenol A and My Socks p. 129
- Turning Up the Heat on Thermal Paper Receipts p. 132
- Shining a Light on the Importance of Darkness p. 134
- A Biblical Dye p. 137
- Intermittent Fasting p. 139
- Recycling Polystyrene p. 142
- Superabsorbent Polymers Really Suck It Up p. 145
- Arsenic, the King of Poisons, Poison of Kings p. 147
- Arsenic in Fact and Fiction p. 150
- Wig Power p. 152
- Plants and Hospitals p. 154
- Chalk It Up p. 157
- Omega-3 Questions p. 159
- The Spy Who Went Out into the Cold p. 162
- Elderberry Plusses and Minuses p. 164
- Tarantulas and the Dancing Plague p. 167
- Powering Your Cell Phone p. 169
- Lincoln's Magician p. 172
- Slowing Down the Clock p. 174
- King Tut's Tomb p. 177
- Up in Smoke p. 179
- Kambo p. 182
- Mustard Gas and Chemotherapy p. 184
- Want a Date? p. 187
- Fluoride and IQ p. 189
- The Science and Pseudoscience of Essential Oils p. 192
- Bug Juice p. 194
- The Crazy Story of Locoweed p. 197
- Toxicity of Nicotine Is Nothing to Sneeze At p. 199
- Trehalose and C. Difficile p. 201
- Seaweed and Its Surprising Subplots p. 204
- The Power of Lycopodium p. 206
- Burgers from Plants p. 209
- Can Fluorinated Compounds Shrink Penises? p. 211
- From Dry Cleaning to Saran Wrap p. 214
- Chlorinated Chicken p. 216
- Quack Quack p. 219
- Alpha Spin Makes Your Head Spin p. 222
- False Claims and Conspiracy Theories p. 224
- Turning the Tables on the Table Turners p. 227.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 30, 2021).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Schwarcz, Joe. Science goes viral.
- ISBN:
- 9781773057699
- 1773057693
- 9781773058634
- 1773058630
- 9781773058641
- 1773058649
- 9781773058092
- 1773058096
- Publisher Number:
- 99989022990
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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