Alcohol and its Role in the Evolution of Human Society

Ian S Hornsey (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

682 Seiten

2012
Royal Society of Chemistry (Verlag)
978-1-84973-161-4 (ISBN)

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Archaelogists and anthropologists (especially ethnologists) have for many years realised that man's ingestion of alcoholic beverages may well have played a significant part in his transition from hunter-gatherer to agriculturalist. This unique book provides a scientific text on the subject of 'ethanol' that also aims to include material designed to show 'non-scientists' what fermentation is all about. Conversely, scientists may well be surprised to find the extent to which ethanol has played a part in evolution and civilisation of our species.

Following a successful career in academia as a Senior Lecturer and Head of Microbiology at Anglia Ruskin University, Ian Hornsey decided to concentrate on brewing. He co-founded and directed the Nethergate Brewery from 1985 until in 1999 oral cancer forced him to retire and take to writing about the science behind the brewing industry. Now a regular contributor to The Brewer & Distiller International, What's Brewing, and other trade publications, he has also written several best selling books.

The outline history of fermented beverages;

Yeast structure and molecular biology;

The process of fermentation;

'Mainstream' beverages;

Indigenous fermentations;

Anthropological, archaeological, and sociological perspectives;

Ethanol and the body;

Health aspects of alcoholic beverages;

Appendix: The physicochemistry of ethanol.

Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Gewicht	1122 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
	Technik ► Lebensmitteltechnologie
ISBN-10	1-84973-161-6 / 1849731616
ISBN-13	978-1-84973-161-4 / 9781849731614
Zustand	Neuware