'Ben Selinger reaches out to everyone, offering digestible pearls of scientific wisdom. I earnestly commend this book to you.' Don Burke 'I've always loved armpits (especially with their fresh natural smells), bubbles in champagne, and non-rubbery jelly. And how can cooking oil fumes give you cancer?' Karl Kruszelnicki Why leave rubber bands on the photocopier? Is it safer to breath the air inside or outside? Why the interest in antioxidants? Do you know the chemicals in your kitchen cupboard? Does it matter if your pots and pans dissolve in the puree? Where are bubbles born and do real rotters have a sense of humus? Written with authority, wit and humour, Why the Watermelon Won't Ripen in Your Armpit describes the bizarre and not so bizarre science of our everyday lives. Ben Selinger, one of Australia's leading chemists and science popularisers, opens up a giant box of fabulous facts and intriguing notions for the science literate and non-literate alike.
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"Enormously humorous and informative" -- Frances B. Spuler
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Ben Selinger is a retired professor of chemistry, the author of Chemistry in the Marketplace, and host of "Dial a Scientist," a science talkback program on ABC Radio. He also writes a regular science column, "Why Is It?."
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WHEN THE TIMES are tough and the road is long, it helps to remember what the Armenians say: 'The watermelon will not ripen in your armpit'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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WHEN THE TIMES are tough and the road is long, it helps to remember what the Armenians say: 'The watermelon will not ripen in your armpit'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
outdoor workers, aluminium salts, nerve gases Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, World War, New Zealand, Australian Government, Canberra Times New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Christian Dior by Richard Martin on page 133
- Hard and Soft Acids and Bases (Benchmark Papers in Inorganic Chemistry Series) by Ralph G. Pearson on page 186
- Antiperspirants and Deodorants, 2nd Edition (Cosmetic Science and Technology, Vol. 20) by Karl Laden on page 142
- Trace Elements in Coal by Dalway J. Swaine on page 206
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