PRAISE FOR THE FLY IN THE OINTMENT:

“Joe Schwarcz has done it again. In fact, he has outdone it. This book is every bit as entertaining, informative and authoritative as his previous celebrated collections, but contains enriched social fiber and 10 percent more attitude per chapter. Whether he’s assessing the legacy of Rachel Carson, coping with penile underachievement in alligators, or revealing the curdling secrets of cheese, Schwarcz never fails to fascinate.”

—Curt Supplee, former Science Editor, Washington Post

“Wanna know how to wow ’em at a cocktail party or in a chemistry classroom? Take a stroll through the peripatetic journalistic world of the ideas and things of science brought to life by Dr. Joe. Here is narrative science at its best. The end result? In either place, scientific literacy made useful by The Fly in the Ointment.”

—Leonard Fine, Professor of Chemistry, Columbia University

PRAISE FOR DR. JOE AND WHAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW:

“Any science writer can come up with the answers. But only Dr. Joe can turn the world’s most fascinating questions in to a compelling journey through the great scientific mysteries of everyday life. Dr. Joe and What You Didn’t Know proves yet again that all great science springs from the curiosity of asking the simple question . . . and that Dr. Joe is one of the great science storytellers with both all the questions and answers.”

—Paul Lewis, President and General Manager, Discovery Channel

PRAISE FOR THAT’S THE WAY THE COOKIE CRUMBLES:

“Schwarcz explains science in such a calm, compelling manner, you can’t help but heed his words. How else to explain why I’m now stir-frying cabbage for dinner and seeing its cruciferous cousins—broccoli, cauliflower, and brussels sprouts—in a delicious new light?”

—Cynthia David, Toronto Star

PRAISE FOR RADAR, HULA HOOPS, AND PLAYFUL PIGS:

“It is hard to believe that anyone could be drawn to such a dull and smelly subject as chemistry—until, that is, one picks up Joe Schwarcz’s book and is reminded that with every breath and feeling one is experiencing chemistry. 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