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Autore |
Leigh G. J. |
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Titolo |
The world's greatest fix : a history of nitrogen and agriculture / / G.J. Leigh |
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Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2004 |
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©2004 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-756213-2 |
1-280-53293-9 |
1-4237-2083-0 |
0-19-803707-4 |
1-60256-691-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (255 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nitrogen fertilizers - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1 Nitrogen Fixation, Agriculture, and the Environment; 2 The Development of Agriculture; 3 The Development of English Agriculture and the Recognition of the Fertiliser Deficit; 4 The Discovery of Nitrogen and the Disappearance of Alchemical Nitre; 5 The Triumph of Industrial Chemistry; 6 The Continuing Mystery of Biological Nitrogen Fixation; 7 Nitrogen, Threat or Benefaction?; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Leigh tells the story of how humans have used their ingenuity throughout history to maintain soil fertility, and to avoid famine through productive agriculture. |
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