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The Science of Booze
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Adam Rogers
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A spirited narrative on the fascinating art and science of alcohol, sure to inspire cocktail party chats on making booze, tasting it, and its effects on our bodies and brains.
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 results for 10,000 years. Distillation is a 2,000-year-old technology—invented by a woman—that we're still perfecting today. And the molecular codes of alcoholic flavors remain a mystery pursued by scientists with high-tech laboratories and serious funding.
In Proof, Adam Rogers reveals alcohol as a miracle of science, going deep into the pleasures of making and drinking booze—and the effects of the latter. The people who make and sell alcohol may talk about history and tradition, but alcohol production is really powered by physics, molecular biology, organic chemistry, and a bit of metallurgy—and our taste for those products is a melding of psychology and neurobiology.
Proof takes listeners from the whisky-making mecca of the Scottish highlands to the oenology labs at UC Davis, from Kentucky bourbon country to the most sophisticated gene-sequencing labs in the world—and to more than one bar—bringing to life the motley characters and evolving science behind the latest developments in boozy technology.
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In Mycophilia, accomplished food writer and cookbook author Eugenia Bone examines the role of fungi as exotic delicacy, curative, poison, and hallucinogen, and ultimately discovers that a greater understanding of fungi is key to facing many challenges of the 21st century.
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Absolutely awful, insufferable, racist author
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That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles
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Get the book
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Biomimicry is rapidly transforming life on earth. Biomimics study nature's most successful ideas over the past 3.5 million years, and adapt them for human use. The results are revolutionizing how materials are invented and how we compute, heal ourselves, repair the environment, and feed the world. Janine Benyus takes listeners into the lab and in the field with maverick thinkers as they: discover miracle drugs by watching what chimps eat when they're sick; learn how to create by watching spiders weave fibers; and many more examples.
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Dated but good
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There are few greater pleasures in life than enjoying a wonderful glass of wine. So why does finding and choosing one you like seem so stressful? Now, becoming a happier, more confident wine drinker is easy. The first step is to forget all the useless, needlessly complicated stuff the "experts" have been telling you. Acclaimed wine writer Jon Bonné explains everything you need to know in simple, easy-to-digest tidbits. And the news is good! For example: A wine's price rarely reflects its quality. And you can drink rosé any time of year.
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Nothing “new”
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This is a fun but respectful (and very comprehensive) guide to everything you ever wanted to know about wine from the creator and host of the popular podcast Wine for Normal People, described by Imbibe magazine as "a wine podcast for the people". More than 60,000 listeners tune in every month to learn a not-snobby wine vocabulary, how and where to buy wine, how to read a wine label, how to smell, swirl, and taste wine, and so much more!
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When they want 5 star wine knowledge but ur 22 y/o
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Actor and wine expert Julian Curry has devised a unique audiobook guide to wine. The whole subject is introduced and explained how wine is made, the different grapes, the different blends, vintages, wine-growing areas and types. In an entertaining and informal style, he also teaches how to taste wine, and how to choose and store it.
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Comprehensive overview
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The Joy of Sweat
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Sweating may be one of our weirdest biological functions, but it’s also one of our most vital and least understood. In The Joy of Sweat, Sarah Everts delves into its role in the body - and in human history. Everts’ entertaining investigation takes listeners around the world - from Moscow, where she participates in a dating event in which people sniff sweat in search of love, to New Jersey, where companies hire trained armpit sniffers to assess the efficacy of their anti-sweat products. Along the way, Everts traces humanity’s long quest to control sweat.
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Quirky topic, but engaging
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A wide-ranging and provocative look - teeming with little-known facts and engaging stories - at a subject of the direst interest. Poisons permeate our world. They are in the environment, the workplace, the home. They are in food, our favorite whiskey, medicine, well water. They have been used to cure disease as well as incapacitate and kill. They smooth wrinkles, block pain, stimulate, and enhance athletic ability. In this entertaining and fact-filled audiobook, science writer Peter Macinnis considers poisons in all their aspects. He recounts stories of the celebrated poisoners in history and literature....
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The Triumph of Seeds
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We live in a world of seeds. From our morning toast to the cotton in our clothes, they are quite literally the stuff and staff of life, supporting diets, economies, and civilizations around the globe. Just as the search for nutmeg and the humble peppercorn drove the Age of Discovery, so did coffee beans help fuel the Enlightenment and cottonseed help spark the Industrial Revolution. And from the fall of Rome to the Arab Spring, the fate of nations continues to hinge on the seeds of a Middle Eastern grass known as wheat.
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Soonish
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In this smart and funny book, celebrated cartoonist Zach Weinersmith and noted researcher Dr. Kelly Weinersmith give us a snapshot of what's coming next - from robot swarms to nuclear fusion powered-toasters. By weaving their own research and interviews with the scientists who are making these advances happen, the Weinersmiths investigate why these technologies are needed, how they would work, and what is standing in their way.
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Really Good-ish!
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- AmyLyn72
- 11-20-16
Maybe it's just me....
Overall, good narrator. like his voice. Book was more textbook than novel. I thought it would be more of a story about liquor, not the technical side.
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- Blaine Hawkes
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Break out your chemistry and biology textbooks
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
For my friends who want to to get into the science of how alcohol works, this a great book. When it says "The Science of Booze" they weren't kidding. The chemistry and biology aspects were hard to follow but still interesting. If I had the hard copy, I would have been highlighting things and looking them up. If you like to get to the heart and really dig into the "why" and "how" of alcohol then this is a great book. If you are looking to figure out how to make the perfect cocktail, then keep looking.
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- tiamoanchio
- 12-03-16
Good narrator, interesting info
Very enjoyable to listen to and very informative. A history of alcohol with new science. Really liked listening to it while on my honeymoon exploring vineyards and distilleries.
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- Joe
- 06-06-22
Great listen
I didn’t expect to like this as usually I am a fiction listener. However, with my interest in alcohol and the ways it is made, this sparked my interest. The narrator was engaging and clear. I enjoyed how the facts were broken up by life experience anecdotes. Sometimes I even rewound to listen to sections when I was distracted. Overall great listen for my morning walks.
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- Steve K. H..
- 06-19-23
Interesting in-depth exploration of booze
In-depth, entertaining scientific exploration of how humans created and refined booze. A very fun listen ! 😀
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- E.D.
- 08-23-15
by Eve - Like no other in depth of the science!
08/22/2015
Loved this book! It is a complete understanding and then some of every moment of the life of an alcohol!
Eve DuBose
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- Bridger
- 11-03-16
hard to keep up with
this book was hard to keep up with and just stated facts and opinions. it never really highlighted anything important
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- G. Parish
- 07-23-19
God loves us and wants us to be happy
I recently finished listening to Proof: The Science of Booze written by Adam Rogers and narrated Sean Runnette.
This is a book that attempts to do the impossible. It attempts to write a well thought out book about booze, it's discovery, development, history, chemistry, biochemistry, effects on human physiology and interactions with the neurology of our brains and even the effects of sociology added into the mix. If that doesn't sound challenging enough the author attempts to write this from both a scholarly perspective and, at the same time, offer a layman's explanation for those of us who are not scientists, but merely connoisseurs.
To be fair, this is an impossible challenge, but the author gamely stands at the bar and does his best to take each topic shot after shot. He flavors the scientific discussion with personal tales, anecdotes, and easy to understand explanations. This book is not exhaustive on any one subject. It becomes clear the more you learn that no book could be. It does, however, give a great general overview of the topic.
The narrator Sean Runnette seemed to be well selected for this book. His voice acting helped me easily imagine the ethanol laced dreams of the connoisseur that wrote this book. He added to the overall quality of the blend in this spirit.
Conclusion: This is a thick dark beer of a book with hints of coffee in the conversation to keep one constantly engaged. The pairing of author and narrator were perfect. Perhaps beer really is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
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- WM
- 10-09-16
A very pleasant surprise.
I found the book to both informative and entertaining. It was one of the best books that I have listened to on Audible.
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- AppleCedAR
- 07-31-21
Proof weaves a fascinating story arc
The story of alcohol is told in an incredibly engaging way. Serious one moment, humorous the next. The writing opens up tangents that provide many an aha moment while Sean Runnette creatively ties them together in many a neat bow. Like a night on the town, we set out to have some fun, we may not know when our where the night will end, but in the end we make it home with a memorable and shared tale or two.
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