Buzz : the science and lore of alcohol and caffeine / Stephen Braun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Braun, Stephen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alcohol--Popular works.

Alcohol.

Caffeine--Popular works.

Caffeine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 coffee or a can of beer. Yet for most people they remain as mysterious and 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 popular substances, one that blends fascinating science with colorful lore, and that includes cameo appearances by Shakespeare and Balzac, Buddhist monks and Arabian goat herders, even Mikhail Gorbachev and David Letterman (who once quipped, ""If it we

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; 1. Alcohol 101; 2. Down the Hatch; 3. Your Brain on Alcohol; 4. Sex, Snores, and Stomach Aches; 5. Demon Rum; 6. The Eyelids of Bodhidharma; 7. A Quicker Genius; 8. The Body, Wired; 9. Hooked; 10. Better Living Through Chemistry; Postscript; References and Suggested Reading; Index; Footnote

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-205) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-979259-3

1-280-44186-0

9786610441860

1-4237-3562-5

0-19-535771-X

1-60256-006-4

OCLC:

727647149