Seeds, Sex and Civilization: How the Hidden Life of Plants Has Shaped Our World (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Seeds, Sex and Civilization A history that explores how mankind has gradually learned what seeds are, where they come from and their role in the survival of the productivity of crops and wildflowers. It presents the eccentrics, explorers, amateurs and highly dedicated professionals who have accumulated our knowledge.
Full description- Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Published: 04 October 2010
- Format: Hardback 272 pages
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- Categories: History Of Science | Botany & Plant Sciences | History Of Engineering & Technology | Agriculture & Farming | Agricultural Science | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | History: Specific Events & Topics | Trees, Wildflowers & Plants
- ISBN 13: 9780500251706 ISBN 10: 0500251703
- Sales rank: 267,831
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Full description for Seeds, Sex and Civilization
In this absorbing history, Peter Thompson explores how mankind has gradually learned what seeds are, where they come from and their role in the survival of the productivity of crops and wildflowers. 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 Vivilov, are less so. 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.
