LEADER 04384nam 22004453 450 001 9910825825903321 005 20230124200953.0 010 $a9781773058092$b(electronic book) 010 $a1-77305-809-6 035 $a(CKB)4100000012050010 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6741193 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6741193 035 $a(OCoLC)1255183561 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000012050010 100 $a20211214d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aScience goes viral $ecaptivating accounts of science in everyday life /$fDr. Joe Schwarcz 210 1$aToronto :$cECW Press,$d2021. 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 250 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 1 $a1-77041-650-1 327 $aPart 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. 327 $aA 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. 330 $aDr. Joe provides a framework for coming to grips with the onslaught of COVID-19 information and misinformation. He reminds us that although our daily activities have been hijacked by the pandemic, life does go on. He delves into COVID-19 related science and distracts us with an array of topics such as essential oils, plant protein, and omega-3. 606 $aScience$xPopular works 615 0$aScience$xPopular works. 676 $a616.2414 700 $aSchwarcz$b Joe$0509522 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825825903321 996 $aScience goes viral$94049332 997 $aUNINA