Full name: Proof: The Science of Booze

Author: Adam Rogers Year: 2014 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Non Fiction, History Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780544538542 0544538544

Humans have been perfecting alcohol production for ten thousand years, but scientists are just starting to distill the chemical reactions behind the perfect buzz. In a spirited tour across continents and cultures, Adam Rogers takes us from bourbon country to the world's top gene-sequencing labs, introducing us to the bars, barflies, and evolving science at the heart of boozy technology. He chases the physics, biology, chemistry, and metallurgy that produce alcohol, and the psychology and neurobiology that make us want it. If you've ever wondered how your drink arrived in your glass, or what it will do to you, Proof makes an unparalleled drinking companion. Similar books: The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean The Code Book by Simon Singh The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert Cod by Mark Kurlansky Salt by Mark Kurlansky The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough Hackers by Steven Levy The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan The Cracking Code Book by Simon Singh The Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston The Information by James Gleick Meetings with Remarkable Trees by Thomas Pakenham Reading the Forested Landscape by Tom Wessels Coming of Age In The Milky Way by Timothy Ferris How to Make a Spaceship by Julian Guthrie Atomic Accidents by James Mahaffey Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage