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Eating the sun : how plants power the planet  Cover Image Book Book

Eating the sun : how plants power the planet / Oliver Morton.

Morton, Oliver. (Author).

Summary:

Traces the science of photosynthesis and its relevance in both history and the modern world, exploring the phenomenon's key role in confronting today's environmental challenges.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780007163656
  • ISBN: 0007163657
  • Physical Description: xix, 460 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st Harper Perennial ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Harper Perennial, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Previously published: New York, NY : HarperCollins, ©2008.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 420-442) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
In the span of a man's life. Carbon ; Energy ; Light -- In the span of a planet's life. Beginnings ; Fossils ; Forests and feedback ; Grass -- In the span of a tree's life. Humanity ; Energy.
Subject: Photosynthesis > Popular works.
Photosynthesis.
Plants.
Photosynthesis.
Plants.
Genre: Popular works.

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Homer Public Library 572.46 MOR (Text) 000147485 Nonfiction Available -


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