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Never Shower in a Thunderstorm

Surprising Facts and Misleading Myths About Our Health and the World We Live In

Times Books, Published: May 2007, ISBN: 978-0-8050-8312-5, ISBN-10: 0-8050-8312-X,Trim: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 256 pages, line drawings throughout,

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Anahad O'Connor

Anahad O’Connor is a reporter for The New York Times covering science, health, immigration, and life in the greater New York area and contributes the weekly column “Really?”—named for his favorite word in journalism—to the paper’s Science Times section. He lives in New York City.

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