by Denis Weare and Stefan Hutzler, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 850551 5 (£47.50, 250 pages).
This is a specialized but wonderful monograph that begins: “Pour a bottle of beer. Restraining your thirst for one moment, admire its lively performance (see figure 1.1).” This book is also a lively performance – its authors, from Dublin’s Trinity College, evidently have a knowledge for thirst!
