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Bezig met laden... The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History (2015)door Thor Hanson
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I read this immediately after finishing a natural history of flowers. In my review of the flowers book, I complained that the author wandered far afield of his topic (no pun intended) and that it struck me as poorly organized. This book also wanders far afield of its topic, but is well-organized and (to my mind) better written altogether. Hanson brings mild humor and personal anecdotes along with his science. It was a wonderful book. [Audiobook note: Mark Vietor is great, as always.] This is an examination of seeds: what they do, how they work, how they have evolved over the years. The title would lead one to believe that it is also a work of natural history about how human history has been changed by seeds, but Hanson fails to tell a coherent story, so his infrequent digressions into history feel like tangents that he put in just to fill up space. A lot of popular science books suffer because authors put in a lot of personal information, trying to shape their science into a personal story. Sometimes this succeeds, but usually it fails, and this book is an example of the latter. I didn't learn a whole lot about seeds, and I really didn't care about the author's toddler. Un libro muy accesible y ameno que nos da un esbozo de lo que son las semillas y su importancia en el desarrollo de la humanidad, no sólo desde el punto de vista biológico, sino también económico, social y un amplio etcétera que difícilmente sospechamos cuando nos servimos por la mañana cereal o vamos al mercado a reabastecer nuestras despensas de distintas semillas. Seeds feed and clothe us. They're everywhere, and we are utterly dependent upon them. In The Triumph of Seeds, Thor Hanson explores seeds’ capacity to travel through space and time, completely irresistible while still maintaining strong personal defences https://ecofriendlywest.ca/book-review-the-triumph-of-seeds-by-thor-hanson/ geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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As seen on PBS's American Spring LIVE, the award-winning author of Buzz and Feathers presents a natural and human history of seeds, the marvels of the plant kingdom "The genius of Hanson's fascinating, inspiring, and entertaining book stems from the fact that it is not about how all kinds of things grow from seeds; it is about the seeds themselves." --Mark Kurlansky, New York Times Book Review We live in a world of seeds. From our morning toast to the cotton in our clothes, they are quite literally the stuff and staff of life: supporting diets, economies, and civilizations around the globe. Just as the search for nutmeg and pepper drove the Age of Discovery, coffee beans fueled the Enlightenment and cottonseed sparked the Industrial Revolution. Seeds are fundamental objects of beauty, evolutionary wonders, and simple fascinations. Yet, despite their importance, seeds are often seen as commonplace, their extraordinary natural and human histories overlooked. Thanks to this stunning new book, they can be overlooked no more. This is a book of knowledge, adventure, and wonder, spun by an award-winning writer with both the charm of a fireside story-teller and the hard-won expertise of a field biologist. A fascinating scientific adventure, it is essential reading for anyone who loves to see a plant grow. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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