The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration
Sarah Everts
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Pan
The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration
Sarah Everts
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
Speaking with experts from disciplines such as forensics, chemistry, genetics and even fragrances, Everts takes readers on an entertaining journey into the world of perspiration, including the science behind it and the benefits of a good sweat.
Everts’ plunge into sweat is full of energy, and her open curiosity about our much-maligned bodily secretion leaks onto every page.
A witty, informative, and quirky consideration of this bodily fluid.
Engaging popular science that will spark the interest of anyone curious about this unique bodily function..
... entertaining and illuminating.
A popular-science treatment of an overlooked area of study.
Everts, a professor of journalism at Carleton University, argues in her fascinating debut that 'sweat may be sticky, stinky, and gross,' but it’s one of humans’ most crucial and least understood bodily functions.