Author: H. E. Jacob
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1787201279
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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Yeast, water, flour, and heat. How could this simple mixture have been the cause of war and plague, celebration and victory supernatural vision and more? In this remarkable and all-encompassing volume, H. E. Jacob takes us through six thousand dynamic years of bread’s role in politics, religion, technology, and beyond. Who were the first bakers? Why were bakers distrusted during the Middle Ages? How did bread cause Napoleon’s defeat? Why were people buried with bread? SIX THOUSAND YEARS OF BREAD has the answers. Jacob follows the story from its beginning in ancient Egypt and continues through to modern times. The poignant and inspiring conclusion of the book relays the author’s experiences in a Nazi concentration camp, subsisting on bread made of sawdust.
Author: Edgar Sanderson
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Author: Edgar Sanderson
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
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Author: Patricia Fara
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191655570
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 782
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Science: A Four Thousand Year History rewrites science's past. Instead of focussing on difficult experiments and abstract theories, Patricia Fara shows how science has always belonged to the practical world of war, politics, and business. Rather than glorifying scientists as idealized heroes, she tells true stories about real people - men (and some women) who needed to earn their living, who made mistakes, and who trampled down their rivals in their quest for success. Fara sweeps through the centuries, from ancient Babylon right up to the latest hi-tech experiments in genetics and particle physics, illuminating the financial interests, imperial ambitions, and publishing enterprises that have made science the powerful global phenomenon that it is today. She also ranges internationally, illustrating the importance of scientific projects based around the world, from China to the Islamic empire, as well as the more familiar tale of science in Europe, from Copernicus to Charles Darwin and beyond. Above all, this four thousand year history challenges scientific supremacy, arguing controversially that science is successful not because it is always right - but because people have said that it is right.
Author: Edgar Sanderson, J. P. Lamberton, John McGovern
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Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Author: Edgar Sanderson
Publisher:
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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Author: Edgar Sanderson, A.M., J.P. Lamberton, A.M., John McGovern
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Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Author: Edgar Sanderson
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Author: Edgar Sanderson
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Author: Edgar Sanderson
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 452
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