| International Standard Book Number |
9781524744274 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1524744271 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781524744298 (paperback)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1524744298 (paperback)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781524744281 (ebook)
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| Personal Name |
Zaidan, George. author, illustrator.
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| Title Statement |
Ingredients : the strange chemistry of what we put in us and on us / George Zaidan ; illustrated (poorly) by the author.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
[New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.
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| Physical Description |
xvi, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| 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?
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| 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 Added Entry - Topical Term |
Food Composition.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Nutrition.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Diet.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Chemicals Popular works.
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