- Hardcover: 223 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Sep 1986)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 067160032X
- ISBN-13: 978-0671600327
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.8 x 1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 993,834 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
A compelling and comprehensive overview of the minutiae
9 Jun 1999
Format:Hardcover
Author David Bodanis shares with the reader through easy to comprehend prose and compelling electron microscopic slides the world of an average couple through a complete day cycle. Topics range from the examination of the very small (dust mites), the complex (how do things work?), the ordinary (what exactly *is* in toothpaste?) and the obscure (slime molds). A thoroughly enjoyable and informative read.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
A fascinating book, not for the squeamish
6 July 2005
Format:Hardcover
I don't think that I will recommend this to someone I know who already washes his hands twice before dinner, but if the omnipresence of microbes doesn't freak you out, this is a fascinating book.
This covers the minutiae of daily life, the slight shakings of the entire house when one walks across the floor, the dust mites, the drift of particles around the world, the rain of particles from outer space.
Bodanis also reviews the ingredients and creation of common items: potato chips, toothpaste, lipstick, deoderant, cake mixes, explaining not only how they work, but how much of the processing is purely advertising hype.
The book includes some fantastic special slow-motion, electron-microscope and heat-sensitive photographs. Be sure to get an edition of the book that includes them; I believe that some editions don't.
One of the most enlightening and educational books that I have ever read!
This covers the minutiae of daily life, the slight shakings of the entire house when one walks across the floor, the dust mites, the drift of particles around the world, the rain of particles from outer space.
Bodanis also reviews the ingredients and creation of common items: potato chips, toothpaste, lipstick, deoderant, cake mixes, explaining not only how they work, but how much of the processing is purely advertising hype.
The book includes some fantastic special slow-motion, electron-microscope and heat-sensitive photographs. Be sure to get an edition of the book that includes them; I believe that some editions don't.
One of the most enlightening and educational books that I have ever read!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Wanna feel uncomfortable in your own house?
17 July 2009
Format:Hardcover
This book features extraordinary photos of everyday items you and I take for granted. Items covered in bacteria,dust mites. microbes,mold and a host of other things that the squeamish will find downright disturbing.
It's a great book to pull out in a party, Will weed out the timid in no time flat.
Diana Mercer is the co-author of Your Divorce Advisor and her company is [...]
It's a great book to pull out in a party, Will weed out the timid in no time flat.
Diana Mercer is the co-author of Your Divorce Advisor and her company is [...]
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