Proof: The Science of Booze

Rogers, Adam

ISBN 10: 0544538544 / ISBN 13: 9780544538542

Edité par Harvest Publications, 2015

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.56. N° de réf. du vendeur G0544538544I5N00

Synopsis :

Named a Best Science Book of 2014 by Amazon, Wired, the Guardian, and NBC

Winner of the 2014 Gourmand Award for Best Spirits Book in the United States

Finalist for the 2015 PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

 

“Lively . . . [Rogers’s] descriptions of the science behind familiar drinks exert a seductive pull.” — New York Times

 

Humans have been perfecting alcohol production for ten thousand years, but scientists are just starting to distill the chemical reactions behind the perfect buzz. In a spirited tour across continents and cultures, Adam Rogers takes us from bourbon country to the world’s top gene-sequencing labs, introducing us to the bars, barflies, and evolving science at the heart of boozy technology. He chases the physics, biology, chemistry, and metallurgy that produce alcohol, and the psychology and neurobiology that make us want it. If you’ve ever wondered how your drink arrived in your glass, or what it will do to you, Proof makes an unparalleled drinking companion.

 

“Rogers’s book has much the same effect as a good drink. You get a warm sensation, you want to engage with the wider world, and you feel smarter than you probably are. Above all, it makes you understand how deeply human it is to take a drink.” — Wall Street Journal

À propos de l?auteur:

ADAM ROGERS is articles editor at Wired, where his feature “The Angels’ Share” won the 2011 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award. Before Wired, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT and wrote about science and technology for Newsweek.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Proof: The Science of Booze
Éditeur : Harvest Publications
Date d'édition : 2015
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Fair
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket