The world's greatest fix : a history of nitrogen and agriculture / / G.J. Leigh
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2004 |
| ©2004 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 631.8/4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Nitrogen fertilizers - History |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Leigh tells the story of how humans have used their ingenuity throughout history to maintain soil fertility, and to avoid famine through productive agriculture. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The world's greatest fix |
| ISBN: | 0-19-756213-2 |
| 1-280-53293-9 | |
| 1-4237-2083-0 | |
| 0-19-803707-4 | |
| 1-60256-691-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910783687503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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