Ingredients the strange chemistry of what we put in us and on us

"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, dri...

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Main Author: Zaidan, George (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: [New York, New York] : Dutton, [2020]
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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 smear on ourselves. Apart from the burning question of whether you should eat that Cheeto, Zaidan explores a range of topics"--
Item Description: Includes index.
Physical Description: xvi, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781524744298
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Author Notes: George Zaidan is a science communicator, television and web host, and producer. He created National Geographic's webseries ingredients, and he cowrote and directed MIT's webseries Science Out Loud. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, The Boston Globe, National Geographic Magazine, NPR's The Salt, NBC's Cosmic Log, Science, Business Insider, and Gizmodo. He is currently executive producer at the American Chemical Society. Ingredients is his first book.