That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles: 62 All-New Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life
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Dr. Joe Schwarcz breaks down the fascinating chemistry that’s all around us in this intriguing look at everyday science
Interesting anecdotes and engaging tales make science fun, meaningful, and accessible. Separating sense from nonsense and fact from myth, these essays cover everything from the ups of helium to the downs of drain cleaners and provide answers to numerous mysteries, such as why bug juice is used to color ice cream and how spies used secret inks. Mercury in teeth, arsenic in water, lead in the environment, and aspartame in food are all discussed. The secret life of bagels is revealed, and airbags, beer, and soap yield their mysteries. This collection is full of surprising, educational, and entertaining commentaries that show how relevant science is to everyday life.
Dr. Joe Schwarcz
Dr. Joe Schwarcz is the author of That’s the Way the Cookie Crumbles, The Genie in the Bottle, Radar, Hula Hoops and Playful Pigs, Dr. Joe and What You Didn't Know, The Fly in the Ointment, and Let Them Eat Flax!. He is a regular on the Discovery Channel, the recipient of the 2003 Independent Publishers Book Award, and the winner of the American Chemical Society’s Stack-Grady Award for interpreting science to the public.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Joe Schwarcz's books are irresistible for me because they constitute just the kind of morsels that I look for - the connections between what we teach in chemistry courses and the world in which our students (and we) live. My only surprise in this book was that Prof. Schwarcz was able to come up with so many additional high-quality essays. One would think that his previous two compilations (which were Hal's Picks in May and July of this year) would have gotten him to near the bottom of the barrel, but there is no sign of a letup here. This compilation is heavy on health issues (which are the chemistry topics of greatest interest to students, in my experience). It includes 35 essays totaling 163 pages on those subjects. As usual, he brings chemical sense to topics such as the claim that mercury amalgams in dental fillings are a health hazard and the much more complex issues surrounding genetically modified foods. The other three sections of "That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles" are devoted to Everyday Science, Looking Back (history of science), and Poppycock (frauds and pseudoscience).
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book is chocked full of interesting anecdotes that make science fun, meaningful and accessible to all readers. All the short stories are surprising and educational, but most importantly show the relevance of science to everyday life. This chemistry professor known as "Dr. Joe" on his weekly radio program on CBC debunks myths and pseudoscience and explains everyday chemistry in fun, witty and easy to understand way. This book has many curricular links with highschool science classes.