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Ingredients : the strange chemistry of what we put in us and on us / George Zaidan ; illustrated (poorly) by the author.
Record details
- ISBN: 1524744271
- ISBN: 9781524744274
- ISBN: 9781524744274 : HRD
- ISBN: 1524744271 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781524744274
- ISBN: 1524744271
- ISBN: 9781524744298
- ISBN: 1524744298
- Physical Description: xvi, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: [New York, New York] : Dutton, [2020]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and 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? |
| Summary, etc.: | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Subject: | Food > Composition. Nutrition. Diet. Chemicals > Popular works. |
| Genre: | Popular works. |
Available copies
- 7 of 7 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Oxford Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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| Oxford Public Library | 363.19 ZAI (Text) | 33530147508185 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| 245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aIngredients : ‡bthe strange chemistry of what we put in us and on us / ‡cGeorge Zaidan ; illustrated (poorly) by the author. |
| 264 | 1. | ‡a[New York, New York] : ‡bDutton, ‡c[2020] | |
| 300 | . | ‡axvi, 299 pages : ‡billustrations ; ‡c24 cm | |
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| 500 | . | ‡aIncludes index. | |
| 505 | 0 | . | ‡aProcessed 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? |
| 520 | . | ‡a"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"-- ‡cProvided by publisher. | |
| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | |
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| 650 | 0. | ‡aNutrition. | |
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| 655 | 7. | ‡aPopular works. ‡2lcgft | |
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