Description:
"It is only in our judgments that things are dirty," writes Terence McLaughlin of the human view of various forms of pollution that surround us. With dry wit he explores the psychology and attitudes about materials which we find objectionable.
Brief description: Terence McLaughlin (1928-1980) graduated university with a bachelor of science in chemistry and was employed as a research chemist at Unilever Corporation, achieving the post of company director. Subsequently he founded a consulting firm and began writing a series of scientific textbooks. Encouraged by his wife, Eve, a historian, he turned his attention to writing history and science books for the general public, becoming an authority on public health and hygiene. The present book (first published as Coprophilia) delves into the relationship humankind has had with dirt and cleanliness through the ages.