Science goes viral : captivating accounts of science in everyday life / / Dr. Joe Schwarcz

• Autore: Schwarcz Joe
• Pubblicazione: Toronto : , : ECW Press, , 2021; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 250 pages)
• Disciplina: 616.2414
• Soggetto topico: Science - Popular works
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Dr. 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Science goes viral
• ISBN: 9781773058092; 1-77305-809-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825825903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II