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Joseph A. Schwarcz
Additional recommended knowledgeDr. 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 & 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 birth. He is well known for his informative and entertaining public lectures on topics ranging from household chemicals to the chemistry of love. Dr. Joe formerly taught at Vanier College, and there established a series of courses designed to bring chemistry to the common student, and later to the general public through public lectures. This was then replicated at McGill University. 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 James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for interpreting chemistry 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. Selected bibliography
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