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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanson, Thor (Author)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015.
Subjects:
Seeds.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.