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Buzz: The Science and Lore of Alcohol and Caffeine
de Stephen Braun
- Usado
- as new
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- As New/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0195092899
- ISBN 13
- 9780195092899
- Librería
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Winchester, New Hampshire, United States
Precio
EUR 16.73EUR 12.54
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Sobre este artículo
Oxford University Press, 1996 Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. book is tight with no markings, great copy.
Sinopsis
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, StephenBraun 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, "Ifit weren't for the coffee, I'd have no identifiable personality whatsoever").Much of what Braun reveals directly contradicts conventional wisdom about alcohol and caffeine. Braun shows, for instance, that alcohol is not simply a depressant as popularly believed, but is instead "a pharmacy in a bottle"--mimicking the action of drugs such as cocaine, amphetamine, valium, andopium...
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- Librería
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 024940
- Título
- Buzz: The Science and Lore of Alcohol and Caffeine
- Autor
- Stephen Braun
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Edición
- First Edition/First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0195092899
- ISBN 13
- 9780195092899
- Editorial
- Oxford University Press
- Lugar de publicación
- U.s.a.
- Fecha de publicación
- 1996
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Catálogos del vendedor
- HEALTH/MEDICINE/EXERCISE/ SEXUAL TOPICS;
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