02329nam 2200625 450 991078368750332120230617035652.00-19-756213-21-280-53293-91-4237-2083-00-19-803707-41-60256-691-7(CKB)1000000000245724(EBL)279431(OCoLC)171572915(SSID)ssj0000274765(PQKBManifestationID)11219570(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000274765(PQKBWorkID)10330276(PQKB)10385494(MiAaPQ)EBC279431(MiAaPQ)EBC4703246(StDuBDS)EDZ0002340638(Au-PeEL)EBL4703246(CaPaEBR)ebr11273824(OCoLC)61341325(EXLCZ)99100000000024572420161013h20042004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe world's greatest fix a history of nitrogen and agriculture /G.J. LeighOxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,2004.©20041 online resource (255 p.)Oxford scholarship onlineIncludes index.0-19-516582-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexLeigh tells the story of how humans have used their ingenuity throughout history to maintain soil fertility, and to avoid famine through productive agriculture.Oxford scholarship online.Nitrogen fertilizersHistoryNitrogen fertilizersHistory.631.8/4Leigh G. J.870689MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783687503321The world's greatest fix3685766UNINA