World''s Greatest Fix - A History of Nitrogen and Agriculture

Zusatztext This is a story with epic sweep told with the sureness of a lifetime's scholarship. Klappentext In the tradition of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel, this gives the very early history of how human ingenuity overcame the risk of famine through productive agriculture. Starting with a layman's guide to the chemistry of nitrogen fixation, the book goes on to show how humans emerged from nomadic lifestyles and began developing towns and settlements. When they for the first time began planting the same fields year after year, they noticed quickly the need to ensure soil fertility. But how? The method they came up with is still in use to this day. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of how humans have used their ingenuity throughout history to maintain soil fertility, and to avoid famine through productive agriculture. This work shows how the development of towns and fixed settlements meant that methods had to be found to maintain the fertility of fields exploited year after year.

Product details

• Authors: G. J. Leigh, G. J. (Professor of Chemistry Leigh, G.J. Leigh
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.09.2004
• EAN: 9780195165821
• ISBN: 978-0-19-516582-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, SCIENCE / Chemistry / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, chemistry, environmental science, engineering & technology, Agricultural science, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental science, engineering and technology, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Environmental