This concise, easy-to-understand book presents the fundamental principles of physical chemistry and its relationship to foods and their processing. It begins with basic physics and chemistry concepts, building a foundation of knowledge so readers can then grasp the physical chemistry of food, including processes such as crystallization, melting, distillation, blanching, and homogenization as well as rheology and emulsion and foam stability.
MacEwen sets out to write a deeply serious novel that also functions as entertaining historical fiction. The novel's hero is Akhenaton, Pharaoh of Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty, who was the first ruler to introduce the idea of monotheism. Akhenaton's single-mindedness in his quest for his own brand of reason is a powerfully paradoxical distillation of the artistic temperament: originality, fertility and beauty set against death and despair and an inability to love.
For over four decades, Ken Wilber has endeavored to create a single, unified model that encompasses the spiritual traditions, scientific data, and practices from East and West. The result: He has discovered what really works for enabling genuine transformation. With Integral Transformation: What Works, Ken presents a practical distillation of his groundbreaking system for helping you—the whole you—move forward in your evolution.
