Ingredients : the strange chemistry of what we put in us and on us
by Zaidan, George (Author)
Summary
"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... Full description
- 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?