Seeds, Sex, and Civilization: How the Hidden Life of Plants Has Shaped Our World by Thompson, Peter

Seeds, Sex, and Civilization: How the Hidden Life of Plants Has Shaped Our World

Seeds have influenced evolution, and for millennia they have influenced and sometimes determined where and how we...
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Author: Peter Thompson
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Seeds, Sex, and Civilization: How the Hidden Life of Plants Has Shaped Our World by Thompson, Peter

Seeds, Sex, and Civilization: How the Hidden Life of Plants Has Shaped Our World

€50,26

Seeds, Sex, and Civilization: How the Hidden Life of Plants Has Shaped Our World

€50,26
Author: Peter Thompson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Seeds have influenced evolution, and for millennia they have influenced and sometimes determined where and how we live. This is an epic tale, given added enchantment by the fact that to most of us seeds mean little more than tiny objects in paper packets: who thinks first of rice, wheat, coffee, nuts, peas, beans, or olives? Here, Peter Thompson unfolds the absorbing history of how, after centuries of investigation, we finally discovered what seeds do and how they work.

This is a scientific detective story with heroes and heroines following clues and finding answers. Thompson brings to life the eccentrics, explorers, amateurs, and highly dedicated professionals who have accumulated our knowledge. Some are well known, such as Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel; others, like the Russian geneticist Nikolai Vavilov, are less so. The seeds also have a story and appear to have personalities, ambitions, and "stratagems" of their own.

The book concludes with a chapter by Stephen Harris on current debates about genetically modified crops, seed conservation, and plant ownership in the contemporary world.

Author: Peter Thompson, Stephen Harris
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 09/30/2010
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.34w x 1.24d
ISBN: 9780500251706


Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2011
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2011 pg. 266

About the Author
Thompson, Peter: - Peter Thompson, for many years the Head of Plant Physiology at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and a pioneer in the conservation of threatened plant species, laid the foundations for the Millennium Seed Bank.Harris, Stephen: - Stephen Harris is Druce Curator of the Oxford University Herbaria and a Fellow of Green Templeton College.

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