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The Rise of Yeast: How the Sugar Fungus Shaped Civilization Illustrated Edition

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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.

In The Rise of Yeast, Nicholas P. Money--author of Mushroom and The Amoeba in the Room--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 The Rise of Yeast 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.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0190270713
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0190270711
  3. Edition
    Illustrated
  4. Publisher
    Oxford University Press
  5. Publication date
    January 29, 2018
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    8.3 x 0.9 x 5.7 inches
  8. Print length
    224 pages
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"The Rise of Yeast manages to effortlessly blend popular and technical science writing... Highly recommended." -- CHOICE

"Botanist Nicholas Money's effervescent tour is packed with delights, such as illustrations by Charles Tulasne, the "Audubon of fungi", or the revelation that yeasts and humans share a common ancestor (and hundreds of genes)." -- Barbara Kiser, Nature

"Yeast rises our bread, ferments our beer, wine, and spirits, perfumes our fruit, nourishes our bodies, makes us bold in love, foments chaos, powers our cars, and unlocks the soul. We humans tend to think that we rule the earth, but the evidence on our behalf is scant. This fascinating book unlocks the mysteries of our world's true masters, which were here before we walked, will be here when we're gone, and, in the meantime, help make our time on the planet a lot more fun and infinitely more delicious." -- Garrett Oliver, Brewmaster of the Brooklyn Brewery, Editor-in-Chief, The Oxford Companion to Beer

"Wildly entertaining, extremely interesting, educational and a joy to read." -- Elentarri's Book Blog

"An amazing story, about an amazing people-non-person relationship (and by an amazing writer): Surely, Money's The Rise of Yeast is destined to be a classic -- and a thoroughly deserving award-winner!" -- Botany One

"The Rise of Yeast is a neat little book that elegantly covers a lot of ground... [It] gives many reasons why you should care more about little single-celled fungi." -- Leon Vlieger, NHBS

About the Author

Nicholas P. Money is Western Program Director and Professor of Botany at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Nicholas P. Money is an expert on fungal growth and reproduction. Nicholas has authored a number of popular science books that celebrate the diversity of the fungi and other microorganisms including Mr. Bloomfield's Orchard: The Mysterious World of Mushrooms, Molds, and Mycologists (OUP, 2002), and The Amoeba in the Room: Lives of the Microbes (OUP, 2014).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; Illustrated edition (January 29, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0190270713
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0190270711
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.3 x 0.9 x 5.7 inches
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Nicholas P. Money is a biologist and science writer. He belongs to a species of African ape and lives on a planet that is 4.6 billion years old. He is a self-proclaimed expert on the poetry of John Milton.

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Emily Carpenter
5.0 out of 5 stars Yeast is life
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2018
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Whether a bread connoisseur or a beginner brew Meister, learning what the fungus is and where it comes from is so important in starting on your journey and this book is a great start!!
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4.0 out of 5 stars As expected the middle is dense, but the last two chapters are great
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2024
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Great information, packed tightly. The last two chapters are great. Only took me 5 years to finish. To be fair I did loose it for a year or two.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Yeast is everywhere!
Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2019
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This is a fascinating book that explores our history and ties with yeast and fermentation. If you are at all curious about this subject, it a great read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Knowledge.
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2018
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Heard author on NPR, Science Friday. I'm interested in subject. Book was fasinating. Have reread twice. I have very little background in microbiology or biochemical. But it was not difficult to read. He's also funny.
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