Seeds, sex and civilization : how the hidden life of plants has shaped our world / Peter Thompson, [Stephen Harris].

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Published: New York : Thames & Hudson, c2010.
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260 |a New York :  |b Thames & Hudson,  |c c2010. 
300 |a 272 p. :  |b chiefly col. ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a The roots of agriculture -- The genie released -- The making of seeds -- Strategies for survival -- Travellers in time and space -- Seeds in the garden -- The pursuit of plenty -- Banking on seeds -- Future prospects. 
520 |a Seeds have influenced evolution, and for millennia they have influenced and sometimes determined where and how we live. Here, Peter Thompson unfolds the absorbing history of how, after centuries of investigation, we finally discovered what seeds do and how they work. 
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