The triumph of seeds how grains, nuts, kernels, pulses, and pips, conquered the plant kingdom and shaped human history
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.
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New York :
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group,
2015.
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The triumph of seeds : |b how grains, nuts, kernels, pulses, and pips, conquered the plant kingdom and shaped human history / |c Thor Hanson. |
| 246 | 3 | |a Seeds : |b how grains, nuts, kernels, pulses & pips conquered the plant knigdom and shaped human history | |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, |c 2015. | |
| 300 | |a xxv, 277 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 22 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
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