如今有一群学者,他们以研究物理的严谨理论和方法投入到对美食的研究上,并以此开创了一门新的学科——美食物理学。
Gastrophysics refers to the theories and experimental methodologies of physics applied to food, cooking, and eating.
“美食物理学”是指将物理理论和试验方法应用于食物、烹饪和饮食方面的学问。
这个词是由gastronomy(美食学,烹饪法)和physics(物理) 组合而成的,也可以写成gastro-phsics。其另一种名词形式为gastrophysicist,意为“美食物理学家”。
光听这个词的解释,就感觉是门高深莫测的学科,有木有?那它到底是研究啥的?来看看:
Charles Spence, a University of Oxford professor, and his peers have, through a line of scientific inquiry that is referred to as gastrophysics, studied in minute detail how people experience food and drink. Who people eat with; how food is arranged and described; the colour, texture and weight of plates and cutlery; background noise — all these things affect taste.
牛津大学教授查尔斯·斯宾塞和他的同事通过一系列名为“美食物理学”的科学探索,对人们如何体验食物和饮料的微小细节进行研究。人们和谁一起吃饭;食物如何被摆放和描述的;盘子和餐具的颜色、质地和重量;进餐中的噪音——所有这些因素都会影响食物的口感。
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Until recently, McGee said, scientific focus on cooking was always on safety, hygiene, and industrial manufacturing. Today, the study of gastrophysics draws from psychology, culture, food structuring, and quantum chemistry, among other disciplines.
麦克吉说,直到最近,科学对烹饪的关注总是集中在安全、卫生和工业生产上。如今,美食物理学的研究则从心理学、文化、食物构造和量子化写等学科中得出结论。
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