by JessicaSnyderSachs (Author)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Hill & Wang
Published: 30 Sep 2008
ISBN 10: 0809016427
ISBN 13: 9780809016426
Ground-breaking. --Newsweek
Could hardly be more timely. --The New York Times
Brings the battle against dirt firmly into the 21st century. --The Washington Post
Explains how our obsession with cleanliness led us to this point and details how science may still find a way past the danger. --O, The Oprah Magazine
Jessica Snyder Sachs is a freelance science writer. Her first book, Corpse: Nature, Forensics, and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death, was published in 2001. She lives in New Jersey.