Alcohol and its Role in the Evolution of Human Society (eBook)

Ian S Hornsey (Autor)

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2016
Rsc (Verlag)
978-1-78262-625-1 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Autor

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.

Inhalt

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.1.2016
• Verlagsort: Cambridge
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Lebensmitteltechnologie
• Schlagworte: acetaldehyde • ADHS • Alcohol • anaerobic conditions • Barley • Evolution • Human • Molecular Biology • Role • Society • sorghum • yeast
• ISBN-10: 1-78262-625-5 / 1782626255
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78262-625-1 / 9781782626251