| EATING THE SUN How Plants Power the Planet Oliver Morton New York: HarperCollins, December 2008 |
Rating: 5.0 High |
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| ISBN-13 978-0-00-716364-9 | ||||
| ISBN 0-00-716364-9 | 460pp. | HC/GSI | $28.95 | |
| List of illustrations | ix |
| Author's note | x |
| Introduction | xi |
| PART ONE — In the span of a man's life | |
| Chapter One: Carbon | 3 |
| Chapter Two: Energy | 49 |
| Chapter Three: Light | 93 |
| PART TWO — In the span of a planet's life | |
| Chapter Four: Beginnings | 145 |
| Chapter Five: Fossils | 193 |
| Chapter Six: Forests and Feedback | 229 |
| Chapter Seven: Grass | 269 |
| PART THREE — In the span of a tree's life | |
| Chapter Eight: Humanity | 317 |
| Chapter Nine: Energy | 373 |
| Glossary | 413 |
| Bibliography | 420 |
| Further Reading | 436 |
| Acknowledgements | 443 |
| Index | 446 |
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