Science Goes Viral : (Record no. 308323)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781773058092 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic bk.) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781770416505 |
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| System control number | (MiAaPQ)EBC6741193 |
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| System control number | (Au-PeEL)EBL6741193 |
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| System control number | (OCoLC)1255183561 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MiAaPQ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
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| Transcribing agency | MiAaPQ |
| Modifying agency | MiAaPQ |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | Q162 .S3945 2021 |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 500 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Schwarcz, Joe. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Science Goes Viral : |
| Remainder of title | Captivating Accounts of Science in Everyday Life. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Toronto : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | ECW Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2021. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | �2021. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (266 pages) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
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| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
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| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Front Cover -- Praise -- Also by Dr. Joe Schwarcz -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: The Virus Strikes -- Down the Toilet -- Charlie Chaplin, Dr. Tuttle, and the Spanish Flu -- Pangs about the Pangolin -- The Science of Epidemiology -- Singing Happy Birthday Is No Longer Only for Birthdays -- Oh My, Miasma -- Boosting Immunity -- From Variolation to Vaccination -- A Vaccination Triumph -- COVID Vaccines, Here We Come! -- Here Is the Message about Messenger RNA -- Musing about Mutation -- Sharks and Vaccines -- The Dry Ice Story Is Anything but Dry -- The Bitter Saga of Quinine -- Throwing Light on Ultraviolet Light -- Hyperbaric Chambers and COVID -- Corona Aerosols -- The Fascinating History of Dexamethasone -- Brazilian Pit Vipers, Blood Pressure, and COVID-19 -- Zapping COVID with Copper? -- Nonsense Was Quick to Emerge as Virus Gripped the World -- Seinfeld and the Coronavirus -- Part II: There Is Science Beyond COVID -- Chemistry - The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Science -- Good Science Is No Laughing Matter -- A Musical Memory of Plexiglas -- There Is More to the Placenta Than the Mother-Embryo Connection -- Science Fiction, Science Fact -- The Legend of Johnny Appleseed -- Treading Gingerly on Ginger -- Gorilla Glue Makes for a Bad Hair Day -- Brushing Up on Hair Dyes -- Jean Harlow's Hair -- Oh, the Dread of Red M& -- Ms -- Mysteries, Magic, and Thyroid Disease -- Lice, Typhus, and Napoleon -- Navalny and Novichok -- Natural or Synthetic? -- Time to Smell the Roses -- Lego Chemistry -- Cheers to the Discoverer of Wine Disease -- Dirty Bombs and Prussian Blue -- A Shocking Catastrophe in Beirut -- The Story of Vodka -- Graduating to Bioplastics -- Spirits of Salt -- Unearthing a Giant Hoax -- Bisphenol A and My SocksMy -- Turning Up the Heat on Thermal Paper Receipts -- Shining a Light on the Importance of Darkness. |
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| Formatted contents note | A Biblical Dye -- Intermittent Fasting -- Recycling Polystyrene -- Superabsorbent Polymers Really Suck It Up -- Arsenic, the King of Poisons, Poison of Kings -- Arsenic in Fact and Fiction -- Wig Power -- Plants and Hospitals -- Chalk It Up -- Omega-3 Questions -- The Spy Who Went Out into the Cold -- Elderberry Plusses and Minuses -- Tarantulas and the Dancing Plague -- Powering Your Cell Phone -- Lincoln's Magician -- Slowing Down the Clock -- King Tut's Tomb -- Up in Smoke -- Kambo -- Mustard Gas and Chemotherapy -- Want a Date? -- Fluoride and IQ -- The Science and Pseudoscience of Essential Oils -- Bug Juice -- The Crazy Story of Locoweed -- Toxicity of Nicotine Is Nothing to Sneeze At -- Trehalose and C. Difficile -- Seaweed and Its Surprising Subplots -- Burgers from Plants -- Can Fluorinated Compounds Shrink Penises? -- From Dry Cleaning to Saran Wrap -- Chlorinated Chicken -- Quack Quack -- Alpha Spin Makes Your Head Spin -- False Claims and Conspiracy Theories -- Turning the Tables on the Table Turners -- Finale: Always Wear Underwear -- Index -- Back Cover. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Dr. Joe provides a framework for coming to grips with the onslaught of COVID-19 information and misinformation. He reminds us that although our daily activities have been hijacked by the pandemic, life does go on. He delves into COVID-19 related science and distracts us with an array of topics such as essential oils, plant protein, and omega-3. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Science--Popular works. |
| 655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Schwarcz, Joe |
| Title | Science Goes Viral |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Toronto : ECW Press,c2021 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781770416505 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6741193">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6741193</a> |
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