Rogers: 1596 books

Our everyday lives are continually influenced by inventors whose ideas have led to commercial products available in most high streets across the civilised world. For the most part, these creative individuals have remained relatively unknown. Yet some of the companies set up by the successful inventors...

Walt Disney was a man who had both an incredible artistic talent and a powerful imagination. His career as an artist began when he was just seven years old, living with his family in Marceline, Missouri. You may know his name, but perhaps you've wondered, "Why Should you care about him?" This...

“Amidst a thousand tirades against the excesses and waste of consumer society, What’s Mine Is Yours offers us something genuinely new and invigorating: a way out.” —Steven Johnson, author of The Invention of Air and The Ghost Map A groundbreaking and original book, What’s Mine is...

★榮獲2014年Gourmand Awards最佳酒類圖書獎 ★入圍2015年筆會／E．O．威爾遜文學獎科學寫作獎決選 不論你啜飲的是清酒、精釀啤酒、單一麥芽威士忌，或卡本內蘇維濃葡萄酒，當你真正了解杯中魔液的來龍去脈，飲酒將變得更饒富趣味！ 有泡沬的啤酒喝起來更香醇可口？為什麼香檳的氣泡比啤酒的更快消失？ 味覺敏感的人比較不愛喝兩杯？亞洲人喝酒為何特別容易臉紅？ 人們真能從酒中嘗出數十種風味？酒評師為何能夠說出精湛絕妙的神級酒評？ 台灣噶瑪蘭威士忌奪得世界冠軍的關鍵為何？ 一萬年來，人類的製酒技術不斷精進；然而，現代科學家對酒中微妙生化反應的解析才剛剛展開。在這趟跨越地域、文明的精神之旅中，亞當‧羅傑斯帶著我們穿越古今，仔細審視酒精飲料的歷史。我們首先回顧前人無意間邂逅發酵飲料的過往，隨著時間軸移動，再來到最先進的科研實驗室中，目睹研究人員證明人類為何熱愛飲酒。 從發酵、蒸餾到熟陳等工序，書中以獨特的視野，將生產知名酒飲的木桶、蒸餾器、槽具與酒缸內的神奇展露無遺。跟著羅傑斯的腳步，我們神遊蘇格蘭高地的威士忌聖地，以及當今世上最頂尖的基因定序實驗室──沿途還會造訪好幾間酒吧──也順道見識了現代製酒技術衍生而來的各種角色與發展。他讓我們的好奇心永無止境，漸次揭開酒精飲料的層層神秘面紗：  ...

A Plain English Guide for Obtaining Your Patent and Making Money With ItYour invention is the product of effort and ingenuity that deserves to be protected. Reward all your hard work and creativity by obtaining a patent. The Complete Patent Kit contains everything you need to successfully navigate...

Thousands of patents are issued each year and obtaining a patent is an important accomplishment. But don't assume that after a patent is obtained your job is over. In reality, the most difficult task comes after the patent is issued. Protect Your Patent is a vital source of information for...

Whether I'm walking through the mountains in Dazio, taking in the sun on the shores of Lake Como, or strolling through cities like Milan and Rome, Italy has always had a special place in my heart. A country with warm locals eager to welcome you with countless bottles of wine and dinner table...

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For hundreds of years, Portuguese explorers have swept across the globe, many of them landing in California in the 1840s as whalers, ship jumpers, and Gold Rush immigrants. Gold was the lure, but land was the anchor. San Jose became home toPortuguese immigrants who overcame prejudice to contribute to...

Originally published in 1903. A fascinating and comprehensive study of the wild rabbit. Its management, natural history and methods of taking it are discussed in detail. Illustrated

A career as a Doctor is an exciting one! But do you really know what it takes to become one? This book takes you inside the career and shows you the day and the life of a Doctor. Inside you’ll learn what they do, what training is required, what the future holds, and how you can become one!

Cinematic Appeals follows the effect of technological innovation on the cinema experience, specifically the introduction of widescreen and stereoscopic 3D systems in the 1950s, the rise of digital cinema in the 1990s, and the transition to digital 3D since 2005. Widescreen cinema promised to draw...