Named a Best Science Book of 2014 by Amazon, "Wired, "the" Guardian, " and NBC
Winner of the 2014 Gourmand Award for Best Spirits Book in the United States
"Lively . . . Rogers's] descriptions of the science behind familiar drinks exert a seductive pull." -- "New York Times"
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Drinking gets a lot more interesting when you know what's actually inside your glass of microbrewed ale, single-malt whisky, or Napa Cabernet Sauvignon. All of them begin with fermentation, where a fungus called yeast binges on sugar molecules and poops out ethanol. Humans have been drinking the res[...]
"Water and Roman Urbanism" provides an innovative archaeological perspective on the Roman urban experience in Britain through its focus on the cultural implications of the crucial relationship between water and settlement and the important development of this relationship over time.[...]