{"product_id":"the-rise-of-yeast-nicholas-p-money-9780190270711","title":"The Rise of Yeast: How the Sugar Fungus Shaped Civilization","description":"The great Victorian biologist Thomas Huxley once wrote, \"I know of no familiar substance forming part of our every-day knowledge and experience, the examination of which, with a little care, tends to open up such very considerable issues as does yeast.\" Huxley was right. Beneath the very foundations of human civilization lies yeast--also known as the sugar fungus. Yeast is responsible for fermenting our alcohol and providing us with bread--the very staples of life. Moreover, it has proven instrumental in helping cell biologists and geneticists understand how living things work, manufacturing life-saving drugs, and producing biofuels that could help save the planet from global warming. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Rise of Yeast\u003c\/em\u003e, Nicholas P. Money--author of \u003cem\u003eMushroom\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Amoeba in the Room\u003c\/em\u003e--argues that we cannot ascribe too much importance to yeast, and that its discovery and controlled use profoundly altered human history. 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Rise of Yeast\u003c\/em\u003e explores the rich, strange, and utterly symbiotic relationship between people and yeast, a stunning and immensely readable account that takes us back to the roots of human history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas P. Money\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190270713\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190270711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.70w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2017 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2018","brand":"Nicholas P. Money","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44047733588223,"sku":"9780190270711","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_91e0b6a7-5750-47a0-ac29-dab7b1efdfae.jpg?v=1684991882","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rise-of-yeast-nicholas-p-money-9780190270711","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}