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A Feast of Science

Intriguing Morsels from the Science of Everyday Life

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A Feast of Science

Written by: Dr. Joe Schwarcz
Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
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About this listen

An entertaining and digestible volume that demystifies science, from the author of 16 best-selling popular science books

Crave answers? A Feast of Science demystifies the chemistry of everyday life, serving up practical knowledge to both inform and entertain. Guaranteed to satiate your hunger for palatable and relevant scientific information, Dr. Joe Schwarcz proves that "chemical" is not necessarily synonymous with "toxic".

Are there fish genes in tomatoes? Can snail-slime cream and bone broth really make your wrinkles disappear? What's the problem with sugar, resistant starch, hops in beer, microbeads, and "secret" cancer cures? Are "natural" products the key to good health? And what is "fake news" all about?

Dr. Joe answers these questions and more. Cutting through the fat of story, suggestion, and social-media speculation, A Feast of Science gets to the meat of the chemical reactions that make up our daily lives.

©2018 Joe Schwarcz (P)2018 Audible, Inc. Biological Sciences Chemistry Science Nutrition Medicine
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A nice savory bite of no nonsense facts. Very informative and really enjoyable to listen to. I will listen to it again in the future.

Wonderful

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enjoying the book, but I just thought I'd point out in chapter 53 at 6:42:00 he says "snake slime" instead of snail slime.

typo or misspeak?

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timely. I wish I could trot out significant statistics when I have to listen to pseudoscience.

attention grabbing

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Loved the narrator! Really fun book to listen to and I learned a lot. Really gets you thinking!

Really fun and informative book to listen to!

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A bit repetitive at time, but ok in small doses, which is good as chapters are shorter

ok

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Very informative and entertaining. The shirt chapters and easily digested info make it ideal as an audiobook.

Very informative and Entertaining

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Really enjoyed this book. LOTS of good information well presented and researched thoroughly. Highly recommended.

Myth buster.

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Great content but touch to listen to audiobook due to narrator. May be best to buy the paperback instead.

Narrator is awful

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This book is not really about telling you about science. It’s more about telling how some people are wrong to think what they think. You can feel the frustration if the author trough the book. Not my style.

Can smell the biases

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