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Eating the sun : how plants power the planet / Oliver Morton.
LIBRA QK882 .M84 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morton, Oliver.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Photosynthesis.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 460 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper, 2008.
- Summary:
- The everyday miracle of photosynthesis is the topic of this accessible book by an award-winning science journalist, who received high praise for his last book, "Mapping Mars."
- Contents:
- Part 1 In the span of a man's life
- Chapter 1 Carbon 3
- Chapter 2 Energy 49
- Chapter 3 Light 93
- Part 2 In the span of a planet's life
- Chapter 4 Beginnings 145
- Chapter 5 Fossils 193
- Chapter 6 Forests and Feedback 229
- Chapter 7 Grass 269
- Part 3 In the span of a tree's life
- Chapter 8 Humanity 317
- Chapter 9 Energy 373.
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : Fourth Estate, 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780007163649
- 0007163649
- OCLC:
- 271424897
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