Mark Nesbitt, Kim Walker

Just the Tonic

A Natural History of Tonic Water. Sprache: Englisch.
gebunden , 144 Seiten
ISBN 1842466895
EAN 9781842466896
Veröffentlicht Januar 2020
Verlag/Hersteller Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
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Beschreibung

Just the Tonic is an accessible yet informative history of tonic water: its connections to the major disease malaria, the cure discovered in the bark of the cinchona tree and its constituent alkaloid quinine. It is a history deeply intertwined with botanical exploration and empire in the Victorian era, and the role of botanical gardens such as Kew.

Portrait

Mark Nesbitt is a senior research leader at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and visiting professor at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the coauthor of Just the Tonic: A Natural History of Tonic Water, also published by Kew.