The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration

Sweating may be one of our weirdest biological functions, but it's also one of our most vital...
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Author: Sarah Everts
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The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration by Everts, Sarah

The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration

€38,31

The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration

€38,31
Author: Sarah Everts
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Sweating may be one of our weirdest biological functions, but it's also one of our most vital and least understood. In The Joy of Sweat, Sarah Everts delves into its role in the body--and in human history.

Why 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.

Deeply researched and written with great zest, The Joy of Sweat is a fresh take on a gross but engrossing fact of human life.



Author: Sarah Everts
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 07/13/2021
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780393635676


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/05/2021
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2021
Library Journal 06/01/2021 pg. 136

About the Author
Everts, Sarah: - 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.

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