Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Potions from the Past
3. Food Stuff
4. To Your Health
5. Toxic Relationships
6. Mysterious Connections
7. Chemicals in Action
8. Just Amazing
9. Curiouser and Curiouser

Index

About the Author

Dr. Joe Schwarcz, a professor of chemistry, is director of the Office for Science and Society, dedicated to demystifying science for the public, at McGill University. He writes a weekly column in The Gazette, hosts the Dr. Joe Show on Montreal’s CJAD and Toronto’s CFRB, and has made hundreds of television appearances on the Discovery Channel, CBC, and CTV. He is the author of the bestselling An Apple a Day.

Reviews

“Falling in love, we all know, is a matter of the right chemistry. Schwarcz gets his chemistry right, and hooks his readers.”
— John C. Polanyi, Nobel Laureate

“Informative [and] fascinating.”
— The Globe and Mail

"Packed with scientific answers to questions you didn't even know you had."
— Chatelaine