Notes 3
Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything (New York: Broadway
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0. Five percent nearer: Bryson, “A Short History,” 47 ; Michael Hart,
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//www.tau.ac.il/~colin/courses/CChange/Hart 78 .pdf; Michael Hart, “Ha-
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more information, see: Christopher Palma, “The Habitable Zone,” Depart-
ment of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State University, https://www
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Only Just within the Sun’s Habitable Zone,” Nature, December , 0 3 ,
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. As he put it, “I have lost weight: David Kessler, The End of Overeating:
Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite (New York: Rodale, 009 ),
0.
. “the greatest power rests: Ibid., 48 – 49.
3. Year by year, sales of soda: “U.S. Soda Sales Drops for th Straight
Year: Trade Publication,” Reuters, April 9 , 0 7 , https://www.reuters.com/ar
ticle/us-soda-sales-study/u-s-soda-sales-drops-for-th-straight-year-trade
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4. how foods like apple juice: Sonya Lunder, “EWG’s 0 8 Shopper’s
Guide to Pesticides in Produce,” Environmental Working Group, April 0 ,
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