MARC Record from Western Washington University

LEADER: 03039cam 2200361 a 4500
001 ocm53899936
003 OCoLC
005 20070611055746.0
008 031203s2004 onca 001 0 eng
020 $a1550226215 (pbk.) :
020 $a9781550226218 (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)53899936
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049 $aXFFA
050 4 $aQ173$b.S38 2004
100 1 $aSchwarcz, Joseph A.
245 14 $aThe fly in the ointment :$b70 fascinating commentaries on the science of everyday life /$cJoe Schwarcz.
260 $aToronto :$bECW Press,$cc2004.
300 $a297 p. :$bill. ;$c21 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aHEALTH ISSUES -- Lies, damned lies, and statistics -- Framed, wild, or canned? -- DDT: A double-edged sword -- Feeding the hungry -- Say "cheese" -- The teflon scare -- Weeding out the pesticide myths -- Paralysis through analysis -- Bottle or tap? -- Waxing lyrical about fruit wax -- The challenge of menopause -- Carpets and chemical sensitivities -- Adventures in the health food store -- The mystery of Alzheimer's disease -- Going through a phase -- Russian spies and sick turkeys -- The strange case of the stinky man -- High on protein -- Mad honey -- When sugar isn't so sweet -- Sugar-free kisses -- For the love of broccoli -- I'm a bread and propionates man -- Put garlic where? -- Dietary supplements: to take or not to take? -- What's in a vitamin name? -- Toxic e-mail -- Natural or synthetic? -- Count your way to good health.
505 0 $aSOME NEAT CHEMISTRY -- Wondrous tricks and bad smells -- Sex and scents -- From "yuck" to "yum" -- Nibbling on glass -- Bad science, bad justice -- Santa's mushrooms -- There's no viagra in niagara -- The wonders of polyester -- Pay dirt! -- A galling tale of vitriol and murder -- The right alchemy: Harry Potter and Nicolas Flamel -- The Swedish blonds who turned green -- Saving lives with Kevlar -- Kiss and makeup -- Hard-water woes -- Look at those cow chips fly! -- Frenzied males and virgin females -- Munching on a chemist.
505 0 $aONCE UPON A TIME -- It started with a bang -- Taking the fuzzy out of fizz -- Take a bromide! -- Clam down -- A poison eater who just said, "no" -- You're feeling sle-e-e-epy -- Molecules and mirrors -- The lunatics -- Heady times at the bakery -- Newton and Mercury -- Frog legs and a giant leap -- Animal, vegetable, or mineral? -- Horror film -- Absinthe makes the tart grow fonder -- Pain isn't a laughing matter.
505 0 $aBALONEY! -- Plain baloney -- A hole in the head: screwy science -- The quirks of quartz -- The sad story of a little angel -- coral calcium on the brain -- Dead water and living quackery -- Great movie, junk science -- Bursting the oxygen bubble.
650 0 $aScience$vPopular works.
650 0 $aScience$vMiscellanea.
907 $a.b21210202$bmulti$c-
902 $a070810
998 $b1$c070717$dm$ea$f-$g4
902 $a070720
902 $a070717
902 $aFastCat jmm
902 $aMARS