Ian S Hornsey

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

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: RSC
• Seitenzahl: 665
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782626251
• Artikelnr.: 49832135

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.