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
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