In 1834 Richard Henry Dana Jr left the comforts of Boston for the hardships and abuses of the most exploited segment of the American working class Dana s account of his passage around Cape Horn to California and back is a remarkable portrait of the seagoing life the day to day routines and conversations the sailors who manned the ship the brutality of incompetent officers and the style of life in the newly emerging coastal towns of California As Thomas Philbrick discusses in his introduction the public s sympathy for the plight of mariners which was aroused by the book eventually faded but Two Years Before the Mast forever changed readers romanticized perceptions of life at sea and inaugurated a lasting tradition of realism and concern for human values This work provides comprehensive coverage of modern biochemical engineering detailing the basic concepts underlying the behaviour of bioprocesses as well as advances in bioprocess and biochemical engineering science It includes discussions of topics such as enzyme kinetics and biocatalysis microbial growth and product formation bioreactor design transport in bioreactors bioproduct recovery and bioprocess economics and design A solutions manual is available to instructors only Two Years Before the Mast Dana s account of his passage as a common seaman from Boston around Cape Horn to California and back is a remarkable portrait of the seagoing life the day to day routines and conversations the sailors who manned the ship the brutality of incompetent officers and the style of life in the newly emerging coastal towns of California As Thomas Philbrick discusses in his introduction the public s sympathy for the plight of mariners which was aroused by the book eventually faded but Two Years Before the Mast forever changed readers romanticized perceptions of life at sea and inaugurated a lasting tradition of realism and concern for human values Book jacket - from Amzon