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Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives QUOTES

1 " An adhesive popular for a thousand years, gum arabic, comes from the acacia gum tree. The resin of trees of the genus Boswellia is a particularly nice-smelling glue called frankincense. Myrrh, another aromatic resin, comes from a thorny tree of the genus Commiphora. Resins were often used in medicines as well as in perfumes, perhaps because their active chemical components, like phenols, had potent antibacterial properties. Frankincense and myrrh were so highly valued in antiquity that they were given as presents to queens, kings, and emperors, which is why their presence in the Christian nativity story is so significant. "

― Mark Miodownik , Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives

2 " Cyanoacrylate glue is best known as superglue, and it is a very odd liquid. On its own, the liquid is an oil, and behaves like one. But if exposed to water, the H2O molecules react with the cyanoacrylate. "

― Mark Miodownik , Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives

3 " (oil painting could more accurately be referred to as plastic painting); "

― Mark Miodownik , Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives

4 " Indeed, most people who work in furniture restoration use animal glues precisely because they can be easily unstuck by using heat. "

― Mark Miodownik , Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives

5 " Amylase is one of the most important; it breaks down starch and turns it into simple sugars, which is why bread tastes sweeter the longer you chew it. The amylase continues to break down the carbohydrates long after you’ve swallowed, and it continues picking apart whatever small fragments remain in your mouth or got stuck between your teeth. "

― Mark Miodownik , Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives

6 " There are three sorts of tears: basal tears, reflex tears, and psychic tears. "

― Mark Miodownik , Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives