Naturally Dangerous: Surprising Facts about Food, Health and the Environment by James Paddock Collman
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Textbook (Hardcover)
- 280pp
- Sales Rank: 290,010
Textbook Information
- ISBN-13: 9781891389092
- Edition Number: 1
- Pub. Date: May 2001
- Publisher: University Science Books
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: May 2001
- Publisher: University Science Books
- Format: Textbook Hardcover, 280pp
- Sales Rank: 290,010
- ISBN-13: 9781891389092
- ISBN: 1891389092
- Edition Number: 1
Synopsis
Full of surprising anecdotes, curious facts and historical oddities, this remarkable little book connects observations from our everyday lives to the scientific principles that explain them. You will find information on organic produce, irradiated foods, trans fat and fat substitutes, natural herbs, designer drugs, Mad Cow Disease, Prions, cancer, DNA testing, global warming, acid rain, aphrodisiacs, pheromones, and much more. Chances are if there is something you were wondering about, you will find it covered here. Should you be eating margarine? Are cell phones safe? Read on!The author has avoided scientific jargon and mathematics to make this book of interest to nonscientists and scientists alike.
About the Author
Jim Collman is a Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University. A member of the National Academy of Sciences and a recipient of numerous research and teaching awards, Collman is also an avid fly-fisherman with broad interests in the environment, health, nutrition and the history of science.
Spyros Andreopoulos
"This is one of the most informative and valuable books on public health policy-not merely on environmental policy-to have been written for the intelligent general reader in the past 10 years. Its target is scientific illiteracy and how it affects public opinion on what is hazardous and what is behind overblown health scares reported daily by the news media, and often followed by futile government efforts to craft consumer protection policies."
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