The quest for food [electronic resource] : a natural history of eating / Harald Brüssow

Author: Brüssow, Harald
Published: New York : Springer, [2007]
Copyright Date: ©2007
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 866 pages) : illustrations

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Contents

A nutritional conditio humana -- Some aspects of nutritional biochemistry -- Bioenergetics -- The evolution of eating systems -- The ecology of eating systems -- Eating cultures -- We as food and feeders -- An agro( -eco)nomical outlook : feeding the billions.

Subject(s)

Food—History
Microorganisms—History
Organisms—History
Bioenergetics—History
Photosynthesis—History
Microbial metabolism—History

ISBN

9780387454610
0387454616

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AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 775-835) and index.

Reproduction Note

Electronic reproduction. Berlin : Springer, 2007. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Available via SpringerLink.

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