The triumph of seeds : how grains, nuts, kernels, pulses, and pips, conquered the plant kingdom and shaped human history / Thor Hanson.
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TextPublisher: 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)
- QK661 .H36 2015
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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.