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Eating the sun : how plants power the planet /

Morton, Oliver.

Eating the sun : how plants power the planet / How plants power the planet Oliver Morton. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York, NY : HarperCollins, c2008. - xix, 460 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Originally published: Great Britain : Fourth Estate, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 420-442) and index.

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.

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

9780007163649 0007163649

2009277524


Photosynthesis--Popular works.
Plants.
Photosynthesis.

QK882 / .M88 2008

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