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The Joy of Sweat - The Strange Science of Perspiration (Hardcover)
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The Joy of Sweat - The Strange Science of Perspiration (Hardcover)
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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 colourful 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 theatre 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. The New York Times Most Anticipated
Book of the Summer
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