We live in a world of seeds. From our morning coffee to the cotton in our clothes, seeds support diets, economies, lifestyles, and civilizations. In The Triumph of Seeds, award-winning conservation biologist Thor Hanson builds on his own triumph in Feathers—itself a masterwork of natural and cultural history—to explore seeds as both a natural phenomenon and a human one.
Spanning locations ranging from the Raccoon Lodge—Hanson’s backyard writing hideout-cum-laboratory—to the coffee plantations of the Amazon, from our flower patches and backyard gardens to the spice routes of Kerala, The Triumph of the Seeds is a book of knowledge, adventure, and wonder by an enchanting writer who embodies both the charm of stories told by the fireside at an old country store and the hard-won expertise of a professor of field biology. A worthy heir to the grand tradition of Aldo Leopold and Bernd Heinrich, this book is essential reading for anyone who loves to see a plant grow.
Thor Hanson is a conservation biologist, Guggenheim Fellow, Switzer Environmental Fellow, and member of the Human Ecosystems Study Group. The author of Feathers and The Impenetrable Forest, Hanson lives with his wife and son on an island in Washington State.
1.植物的种子本身是携带营养的,在种子成长的早期就不需要跟外界其他植物竞争养料了。 2.也因此,人类将谷物当成了主食。又因此,细菌随着谷物贸易传播造成了当年欧洲黑死病横行。 3.在保护自己方面,种子不仅有坚固的外壳,还有各种化学武器,比如辣椒素,咖啡因等,可以减少...
评分想想橡子蕴含了多大的能量! 在泥土中埋入一颗橡子,它就会长成一棵巨大的橡树! 如果你埋的是一头羊,它只会慢慢腐烂。 ——萧伯纳(George Bernard Shaw), 《萧伯纳的素食食谱》(The Vegetarian Diet According to Shaw,1918) 我放下手里的锤子,凝视着这粒种子,没有一...
评分 评分去年12月,杂交水稻之父袁隆平培育出“海水稻”,一种可以在沿海滩涂和盐碱地上生长的水稻新品种——“海稻86”,试验推广成功,平均亩产达到300斤以上。不得不承认,倘若这种水稻能全面推广,在全世界的盐碱地种植,其意义不言而喻,而且“海水稻”不需施肥、抗病虫、耐盐碱的...
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评分好看。作者很会写。推荐大家看。
评分好看。作者很会写。推荐大家看。
评分好看。作者很会写。推荐大家看。
评分好看。作者很会写。推荐大家看。
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