Joseph A. Schwarcz
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Dr. Joseph A. Schwarcz, known to his students, and many via his science popularization efforts as Dr. Joe, is a doctor of chemistry and professor at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He is the director of McGill's Office for Science and Society which is dedicated to demystifying science for the public.
He is known through his many books, weekly column in the Montreal Gazette , weekly radio show on CJAD 800 in Montreal and CFRB 1010 in Toronto, and frequent segments on the Discovery Channel Canada. He has also had a show on Discovery Canada in the past (Science to Go).
Dr. Joe is of Hungarian extraction, and is well known for his informative and entertaining public lectures on topics ranging from household chemicals to the chemistry of love. Dr. Joe is an amateur magician and often describes how "supernatural feats" can be done by ordinary means, with a scientific explanation to boot. Uri Geller, the mentalist, is a common target for debunking. He is the winner of the American Chemical Society's Stack-Grady Award for interpreting science to the public. In 1992, he was the co-winner of the Royal Society of Canada's McNeil Medal, awarded for the public awareness of science.
[edit] Selected bibliography
- Let Them Eat Flax: 70 All-New Commentaries on the Science of Everyday Food & Life (2005, ISBN 1-55022-698-3)
- Let Them Devour Chump...Change; 101 ways to get Chumped by Vanco - The Chronicles of Chump Guy vs. Answer Eraser (2005, ISBN 1-55022-910-802-3)
- The Fly in the Ointment: 70 Fascinating Commentaries on the Science of Everyday Life (2004, ISBN 1-55022-621-5)
- That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles: 62 All-New Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life (2004, ISBN 1-55022-520-0)
- The Genie in the Bottle: 68 All New Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life (2001, ISBN 1-55022-442-5)
- Three Cheese Make No Mistake; Put me in the oven it takes ten to bake
- Radar, Hula Hoops, and Playful Pigs: 67 Digestible Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life (2001, ISBN 0-8050-7407-4)
- Keepin' Science real since 1963: How Dr. Paul Fletcher was a guiding light in forwarding everyday medicine (2000, ISBN 015627420)
