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The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History - Softcover

Hanson, Thor

 
9780465097401: The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0465097405 ISBN 13: 9780465097401
Verlag: Basic Books, 2016

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"[T]he genius of Hanson's fascinating, inspiring, and entertaining book stems from the fact that it is not about how all kinds of things grow from seeds it is about the seeds themselves."-Mark Kurlansky, New York Times Book Review

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Thor Hanson is a conservation biologist, Guggenheim fellow, and author of award-winning books including Close to Home, Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid, Buzz, and Feathers. He lives with his family on an island in Washington State.

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We live in a world of seeds. From our morning toast to the cotton in our clothes, they are quite literally the stuff and staff of life: supporting diets, economies, and civilizations around the globe. Just as the search for nutmeg and pepper drove the Age of Discovery, coffee beans fueled the Enlightenment and cottonseed sparked the Industrial Revolution. Seeds are fundamental objects of beauty, evolutionary wonders, and simple fascinations. Yet, despite their importance, seeds are often seen as commonplac

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Verlag
Basic Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0465097405
ISBN 13 
9780465097401
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
320
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Hachette UK
info@hbgi.ie

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