Eating the Sun - How Plants Power the Planet

Zusatztext "A fascinating and important book" Informationen zum Autor Award-winning science journalist Oliver Morton is the author of Mapping Mars , a contributing editor at Wired , and a contributor for The New Yorker , Science , and The American Scholar . He lives with his wife in Greenwich, England. Klappentext Wherever there is greenery, photosynthesis is working to make oxygen, release energy, and create living matter from the raw material of sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. Without photosynthesis, there would be an empty world, an empty sky, and a sun that does nothing more than warm the rocks and reflect off the sea. Eating the Sun is the story of a world in crisis; an appreciation of the importance of plants; a history of the earth and the feuds and fantasies of warring scientists; a celebration of how the smallest things, enzymes and pigments, influence the largest things, the oceans, the rainforests, and the fossil fuel economy. Oliver Morton offers a fascinating, lively, profound look at nature's greatest miracle and sounds a much-needed call to arms—illuminating a potential crisis of climatic chaos and explaining how we can change our situation, for better or for worse. Zusammenfassung From acclaimed science journalist Oliver Morton comes Eating the Sun ! a fascinating! lively! profound look at photosynthesis! nature's greatest miracle. From the physics! chemistry! and cellular biology that make photosynthesis possible! to the quirky and competitive scientists who first discovered the beautifully honed mechanisms of photosynthesis! to the modern energy crisis we face today! Eating the Sun offers a complete biography of the earth through the lens of this common but crucial process.

Product details

• Authors: Oliver Morton, Morton Oliver
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.11.2009
• EAN: 9780007163656
• ISBN: 978-0-00-716365-6
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 205 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); NATURE / Plants / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, Botany and plant sciences, SCIENCE: Earth Sciences / General, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: SCIENCE & NATURE, NATURE: Plants / General, nature;non-fiction;science;2008;2009;2010, nature; non-fiction; science; 2008; 2009; 2010