The triumph of seeds : how grains, nuts, kernels, pulses, & pips, conquered the plant kingdom and shaped human history / Thor Hanson.
- Hanson, Thor
- Date:
- 2015
- Books
About this work
Description
Presents a guide to seeds that explains their importance to nature and humanity, describing their role in such events as the Age of Discovery, the American Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
Publication/Creation
New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015.
Physical description
xxv, 277 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contributors
Contents
Seed for a day -- The staff of life -- Sometimes you feel like a nut -- What the spike moss knows -- Mendel's spores -- Methuselah -- Take it to the bank -- By tooth, beak, and gnaw -- The riches of taste -- The cheeriest beans -- Death by umbrella -- Irresistible flesh -- By wind and wave.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineAQV /HANOpen shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780465055999
- 0465055990