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Description
Einstein's cook was lucky. But you, too, can have a scientist in your kitchen: Robert L. Wolke. Does the alcohol really boil off when we cook with wine? Are smoked foods raw or cooked? Are green potatoes poisonous? With the reliability that only a scientist can provide, Robert L. Wolke... read more
First Sentence
OF OUR FIVE CLASSICALLY recognized senses-touch, hearing, vision, smell, and taste-only the last two are purely chemical in nature, that is, they can detect actual chemical molecules.
Table of Contents
Errata
"But when the customs agent aks <sic> what's in your bag, for heaven's sake don't say 'Coke.'" p.27 - Typo, should be "asks."
"Heat energy will travel automatically from a warmer substance into an adjecent <sic>, cooler one, because the faster molecules in the warmer one can bang against the molecule of the cooler one, making them move faster." p. 202 - Misspelling, should be "adjacent."
Authors & Contributors
- Robert L. Wolke (Author)
- Marlene Parrish
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