The triumph of seeds : how grains, nuts, kernels, pulses, and pips, conquered the plant kingdom and shaped human history
by Hanson, Thor (Author)
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Summary
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. Full description
Table of 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.