The World's Greatest Fix: A History of Nitrogen and Agriculture (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195165821)

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.

Author: G. J. Leigh
ISBN-10: 0195165829
ISBN-13: 9780195165821
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 08/19/2004
Pages: 242
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.56h x 6.34w x 0.87d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2005 pg. 1046
Scitech Book News 12/01/2004 pg. 123