Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization

Author: Edward Slingerland Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 While plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol and other intoxicants, none have offered a comprehensive, convincing answer to the basic question of why humans want to get high in the first place. Drunk elegantly cuts through the tangle of urban legends and anecdotal impressions that surround our notions of intoxication to provide the first rigorous, scientifically-grounded explanation for our love of alcohol. Drawing on evidence...Read more