The Quest for Food A Natural History of Eating /

The Quest for Food: A Natural History of Eating is a collection of essays that surveys eating through time, from the perspective of a biologist. The quest begins in prehistoric times with religion and the exploration of the connection between food and sex. This leads to an investigation of the deep...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brüssow, Harald (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Temas:
Food science.
Microbiology.
History.
Anthropology.
Food Science.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • A few glimpses of biological anthropology
  • Basic concepts on eating
  • The central carbon pathway
  • De revolutionibus orbium metabolicorum
  • Bioenergetics
  • The beginning of biochemistry
  • Early eaters
  • Photosynthesis
  • The acquisition of the atoms of life
  • Nutritional interactions in the ocean: a microbial perspective
  • Early steps in predation
  • Increasing complexity
  • Animals: enlarging the food space
  • Eat or be eaten: Anatomy of the marine food chain
  • Life histories between the land and the sea
  • The war of the senses: the example of echolocation
  • Herbivory
  • Choosing food: to eat or not to eat
  • A lion's share?- Going for our blood
  • Going for our gut
  • From gut to blood: the battle for iron
  • An agro(-eco)nomical outlook: Feeding the billions
  • Index.

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