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The World's Greatest Fix: A History of Nitrogen and Agriculture Leigh, G. J. (Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Chemistry, University of Sussex at Brighton)
The World's Greatest Fix: A History of Nitrogen and Agriculture
Leigh, G. J. (Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Chemistry, University of Sussex at Brighton)
Tells the story of how humans have used their ingenuity throughout history to maintain soil fertility, and to avoid famine through productive agriculture. This work shows how the development of towns and fixed settlements meant that methods had to be found to maintain the fertility of fields exploited year after year.
254 pages, numerous halftones, line drawings & maps
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 9, 2004 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195165821 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 164 × 244 × 23 mm · 540 g |
| Language | English |