The Triumph of Seeds
How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses & Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
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The Triumph of Seeds
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Narrated by:
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Marc Vietor
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Thor Hanson
About this listen
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 the humble peppercorn drove the Age of Discovery, so did coffee beans help fuel the Enlightenment and cottonseed help spark the Industrial Revolution. And from the fall of Rome to the Arab Spring, the fate of nations continues to hinge on the seeds of a Middle Eastern grass known as wheat. In nature and in culture, seeds are fundamental - objects of beauty, evolutionary wonder, and simple fascination. How many times has a child dropped the winged pip of a maple, marveling as it spirals its way down to the ground, or relished the way a gust of wind(or a stout breath) can send a dandelion’s feathery flotilla skyward? Yet despite their importance, seeds are often seen as a commonplace, their extraordinary natural and human histories overlooked. Thanks to Thor Hanson and this stunning new book, they can be overlooked no more.
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- Richard
- 13-06-2020
Masterful connecting seeds to history, politics,..
Brilliant and additive!! Never thought about how seeds were the defining resource that enabled homo sapiens to become agrarian and therefore evolve!
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-06-2018
fantastic.
A fantastic book. Good narration which is matched to style of book. Very easy to listen to.
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- Lea Hullett
- 15-08-2019
Thor opened my.mind to the wonder seeds are.
so much to take in. Amazing how seeds vary so much and survive in adverse and changing past climates. The history of how humans maniputated many plants for our gain was very informative. Massive seed banks preserve precious genes. I shall listen to this book again.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-05-2018
Fantastic book
Really enjoyed this book with so much information and easy to understand, in-depth descriptions. if you have an interest in plants or the natural world, this book definitely worth it.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-02-2019
Great book if you don’t know anything about seeds
For someone who was not interested in seeds, this started a little slow. But the book got more interesting as the biology and history of common and peculiar seeds and plants where revealed.
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