LEADER 02868nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910959909403321 005 20251116150636.0 010 $a0-19-979259-3 010 $a1-280-44186-0 010 $a9786610441860 010 $a1-4237-3562-5 010 $a0-19-535771-X 010 $a1-60256-006-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000028747 035 $a(EBL)578793 035 $a(OCoLC)727647149 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000116499 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11135867 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000116499 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10036196 035 $a(PQKB)10851252 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC578793 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC271124 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL578793 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10087196 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL44186 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL271124 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL631842 035 $a(OCoLC)936850024 035 $a(OCoLC)33818051 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB166466 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000028747 100 $a19951107d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBuzz $ethe science and lore of alcohol and caffeine /$fStephen Braun 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1996 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-19-509289-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [197]-205) and index. 327 $aCover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; 1. Alcohol 101; 2. Down the Hatch; 3. Your Brain on Alcohol; 4. Sex, Snores, and Stomach Aches; 5. Demon Rum; 6. The Eyelids of Bodhidharma; 7. A Quicker Genius; 8. The Body, Wired; 9. Hooked; 10. Better Living Through Chemistry; Postscript; References and Suggested Reading; Index; Footnote 330 $aAlcohol 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, Stephen Braun 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, ""If it we 606 $aAlcohol$vPopular works 606 $aCaffeine$vPopular works 615 0$aAlcohol 615 0$aCaffeine 676 $a615/.7828 700 $aBraun$b Stephen$01860125 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910959909403321 996 $aBuzz$94464654 997 $aUNINA