Buzz: The Science and Lore of Alcohol and Caffeine

ISBN-13: 9780195092899 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 224 str.

Stephen Braun

Opis

Alcohol and caffeine are deeply woven into the fabric of life for most of the world's population, as close and as comfortable as a cup of co ffee or a can of beer. Yet for most people they remain as mysterious a nd unpredictable as the spirits they were once thought to be. Now, in Buzz, Stephen Braun takes us on a myth-shattering tour of these two po pular substances, one that blends fascinating science with colorful lo re, and that includes cameo appearances by Shakespeare and Balzac, Bud dhist monks and Arabian goat herders, even Mikhail Gorbachev and David Letterman (who once quipped, "If it weren't for the coffee, I'd have no identifiable personality whatsoever").

Recenzje

He has an easy humorous style, and quotes authorities from Shakespeare to Zippy the Pinhead. The reader will be impressed - and possibly left a little queasy - by the description of how the human chemical engineering plant deals with poisons.

O autorze

Stephen Braun is an award-winning science writer and television producer living in Boston. He is currently Executive Producer at the New England Research Institutes.