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The triumph of seeds : how grains, nuts, kernels, pulses, and pips, conquered the plant kingdom and shaped human history / Thor Hanson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015Description: xxv, 277 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780465055999 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0465055990 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QK661 .H36 2015
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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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves QK661 .H26 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800152829
Total holds: 0

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.

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