The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration - Rilegato

Everts, Sarah

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ISBN 10: 0393635678 ISBN 13: 9780393635676

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2021

Riassunto

The Joy of SweatWhy is sweat salty? Why do we sweat when stressed? Why do some people produce colorful sweat? And should you worry about Big Brother tracking the hundreds of molecules that leak out in your sweat—not just the stinky ones or alleged pheromones—but the ones that reveal secrets about your health and vices?Everts’s entertaining investigation takes readers around the world—from Moscow, where she participates in a dating event in which people sniff sweat in search of love, to New Jersey, where companies hire trained armpit sniffers to assess the efficacy of their anti-sweat products. In Finland, Everts explores the delights of the legendary smoke sauna and the purported health benefits of good sweat, while in the Netherlands she slips into the sauna theater scene, replete with costumes, special effects, and towel dancing.Along the way, Everts traces humanity’s long quest to control sweat, culminating in the multibillion-dollar industry for deodorants and antiperspirants. And she shows that while sweating can be annoying, our sophisticated temperature control strategy is one of humanity’s most powerful biological traits.The Joy of Sweat

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Informazioni sull?autore

Sarah Everts holds a master’s degree in chemistry, and has written for Scientific American, Smithsonian, New Scientist, and the Economist. She teaches journalism at Carleton University and lives in Ottawa, Canada.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0393635678
• ISBN 13: 9780393635676
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 285
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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