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About this book
Accessible, clear, and humorous, Deceived Wisdom answersquestions people havepondered over for a lifetime, such as: Have you ever been informed that what you need to cool down is a nice cup of tea? And are you bored of being told that you have to let that red wine breathe first to improve its taste? Deceived Wisdom answers these questions and many more. Organized into easy-to-read, standalone sections, this booklooks at the factspeople think they know and examines whythey don'tknow them at all. David Bradley's clear and witty writing examines the science behind the statements to reveal the truth behind many popular myths.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Can a cup of hot tea help you break the law?
- Cracking passwords
- A different kind of snow
- Snack-sized dietary deceptions
- The big cheese and one small step
- Food fads and fertility
- A miscellany of misconceptions
- It’s brainy cats and dogs
- Infernal combustion and the mobile phone
- Physics falsehoods
- Addicted to addiction
- The three Rs of sustainability: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- Theory under pressure skates on thin ice
- Multitasking men
- Dozy deceptions
- The most embarrassing sting
- Seconds of snack-sized dietary deceptions
- Charming modern-day alchemy
- Highly strung
- A quick warm-up on fitness foolishness
- Does size matter?
- Indigo
- Health hokum
- Only dedicated practice makes perfect
- Sweetener for my sweet
- Another miscellany of misconceptions
- Six degrees
- Round 2 of fitness foolishness
- Red, red wine
- The moon’s not a balloon
- Facts and non-fiction
- Goal!
- The hangover cure fail
- Yet another mixed bag of falsities
- A deathly deception
- A final round of factitiousness
- Afterword
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Index