Bibliograph

The rise of yeast, how the sugar fungus shaped civilization, Nicholas P. Money

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The rise of yeast, how the sugar fungus shaped civilization, Nicholas P. Money

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The rise of yeast

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

982092813

Responsibility statement

Nicholas P. Money

Sub title

how the sugar fungus shaped civilization

Summary

Humans knew what yeast did long before they knew what it was. It was not until Louis Pasteur's experiments in the 1860s that scientists even acknowledged its classification as a fungus. A compelling blend of science, history, and sociology The Rise of Yeast explores the rich, strange, and utterly symbiotic relationship between people and yeast

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Yeasty basics -- Yeast of Eden: drink -- The dough also rises: food -- Frankenyeast: cells -- The little yeast on the prairie: biotechnology -- Yeasts of the wild: yeast diversity -- Yeasts of wrath: health and disease

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