Alcohol and Its Role in the Evolution of Human Society

Rsc
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-84973-161-4
Verlag: RSC Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 682 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 1089 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hornsey, Ian S

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Analytische Chemie Umweltchemie, Lebensmittelchemie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie Physische Anthropologie, Paläoanthropologie, Evolutionäre Anthropologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Brautechnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.