Peter Macinnis
Autore di Poisons: From Hemlock to Botox to the Killer Bean of Calabar
Sull'Autore
Peter Macinnis, a science writer, has also been a teacher and museum educator. The author of twenty books for adults and children, including Bittersweet: The Story of Sugar, he has appeared on radio and television in his native Australia.
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(eng) The spelling that now appears here is correct. My name is Peter Macinnis, one word, no caps in the middle, no letter e, so that like a pig, I have two small eyes.
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Macinnis, Peter
- Data di nascita
- 1944
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Australia
- Luogo di nascita
- Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
- Istruzione
- B. Sc (majors in botany and zoology), Dip. Ed., M. Ed., Sydney University
- Attività lavorative
- teacher
bureaucrat
writer - Organizzazioni
- Australian Society of Authors, Friends of the NSW State Library, CBCA
- Nota di disambiguazione
- The spelling that now appears here is correct. My name is Peter Macinnis, one word, no caps in the middle, no letter e, so that like a pig, I have two small eyes.
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Interesting and entertaining read. I find this topic to be fascinating, although a bit morbid. included a bit more on chemical formulas and reactions than seemed necessary but I didn't particularly mind. I did mind the descriptions of animal testing which I found to be upsetting. Overall a decent book.
A relatively short history of sugar and the slave trade. This book was humorous in parts and serious in other parts, which I enjoyed. Considering the sordid history of sugar, I'm almost inclined to renounce my sweet tooth! I still feel like I'd like to know more. When I pass the sugar beet factories in eastern Colorado, I'd still like to know what exactly is going on in there. The author did cover sugar beets to some extent, not just sugar cane. He spent a small amount of time on sugar substitutes. I wish he had covered some things in greater detail and spent more time on the modern era, but that would also have made a much larger book.… (altro)
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- Opere
- 25
- Utenti
- 639
- Popolarità
- #39,445
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 12
- ISBN
- 60
- Lingue
- 3
The coverage was cursory and there was a certain amount of editorializing going on ( i'm totally with him in being upset about global warming, but it interrupts the flow of the narrative)
Still , all in all, a nice introduction to the topic