Eating the sun : how plants power the planet / Oliver Morton.
Publication details: New York, NY : HarperCollins, c2008.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: xix, 460 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780007163649
- 0007163649
- How plants power the planet
- QK882 .M88 2008
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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.