When Captain Columbus Orinoco retires from the sea and takes up gardening, he gets a surprise.

Product Description: When did "chemical" become a dirty word?Forty or so years ago, chemistry -- which had been recognized as a miracle-making boon to humanity - somehow became associated with warfare, sinister food additives, "toxins" and pollution.It's a situation that Dr...read more

Product Description: Eat salmon. It’s full of good omega-3 fats. Don’t eat salmon. It’s full of PCBs and mercury. Eat more veggies. They’re full of good antioxidants. Don’t eat more veggies. The pesticides will give you cancer. Forget your dinner jacket and put on your lab coat: you have to be a nutritional scientist these days before you sit down to eat—which is why we need Dr...read more

Explanations of everyday science are offered in a study that covers everything from vitamin supplements to acupuncture to the chemistry behind the Stradivarius violin.

Provides questions and answers relating to the practical aspects of chemistry in everyday life.

Explanations of everyday science are offered in a study that covers everything from helium, mercury in teeth, and soap.

Product Description: Book by Schwarcz, J.

Explanations of everyday science are offered in a study that covers everything from helium, mercury in teeth, and soap.

Sixty-seven short essays tell anecdotes about the applications of chemistry in everyday life, blending quirky aspects of chemistry with important episodes from the history of science as he discusses chocolate research, gingko biloba, acetone, licorice, and more. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

Product Description: Think of the word "chemistry." What comes to mind? "Difficult?" "Boring?" "Pollution?" The adjectives "Interesting," "Exciting," "Amazing" almost never roll of the tongue. Until, that is, one picks up The Genie in the Bottle. In 67 delightful essays, popular science writer Joe Schwarcz reminds us that with every breath and feeling we are experiencing chemistry...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Have you ever wondered about the science behind Alice’s strange adventures in Wonderland, Casanova’s experiments with "Spanish Fly," and zombies in Haiti? In Radar, Hula Hoops, and Playful Pigs, chemist and columnist Dr. Joe Schwarcz offers 67 entertaining essays exploring these and other delightful nooks and crannies of chemistry...read more

Product Description: Why do Cretans live longer than other people? Why are the wrong combinations of certain foods and drugs lethal? Can brazil nuts prevent cancer? Why do peanut bags expand on airplane flights? Just what IS the connection between Silly Putty and Flubber? Is there a difference between natural and synthetic vitamin E? How do you get rid of skunk smell? Why are witches linked with broomsticks? Why must bleach never be combined with acids? Why might the whiff of an armpit trigger romance? Why is fish known as "brain food?"Dr...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)