The triumph of seeds : how grains, nuts, kernels, pulses, and pips, conquered the plant kingdom and shaped human history /
Hanson, Thor,
The triumph of seeds : how grains, nuts, kernels, pulses, and pips, conquered the plant kingdom and shaped human history / Thor Hanson. - xxv, 277 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Pacific Northwest author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780465055999 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0465055990 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2014047078
Seeds.
QK661 / .H36 2015
QK661 / .H36 2015
The triumph of seeds : how grains, nuts, kernels, pulses, and pips, conquered the plant kingdom and shaped human history / Thor Hanson. - xxv, 277 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Pacific Northwest author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780465055999 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0465055990 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2014047078
Seeds.
QK661 / .H36 2015
QK661 / .H36 2015