Author: Alexander Paton
Publisher:
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Category : Genius
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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The Triumphs of Genius. An Essay
Author: Alexander Paton
Publisher:
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Category : Genius
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genius
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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The Triumph of Seeds
Author: Thor Hanson
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465048722
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
As seen on PBS's American Spring LIVE, the award-winning author of Buzz and Feathers presents a natural and human history of seeds, the marvels of the plant kingdom. "The genius of Hanson's fascinating, inspiring, and entertaining book stems from the fact that it is not about how all kinds of things grow from seeds; it is about the seeds themselves." -- Mark Kurlansky, New York Times Book Review We live in a world of seeds. From our morning toast to the cotton in our clothes, they are quite literally the stuff and staff of life: supporting diets, economies, and civilizations around the globe. Just as the search for nutmeg and pepper drove the Age of Discovery, coffee beans fueled the Enlightenment and cottonseed sparked the Industrial Revolution. Seeds are fundamental objects of beauty, evolutionary wonders, and simple fascinations. Yet, despite their importance, seeds are often seen as commonplace, their extraordinary natural and human histories overlooked. Thanks to this stunning new book, they can be overlooked no more. This is a book of knowledge, adventure, and wonder, spun by an award-winning writer with both the charm of a fireside story-teller and the hard-won expertise of a field biologist. A fascinating scientific adventure, it is essential reading for anyone who loves to see a plant grow.
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465048722
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
As seen on PBS's American Spring LIVE, the award-winning author of Buzz and Feathers presents a natural and human history of seeds, the marvels of the plant kingdom. "The genius of Hanson's fascinating, inspiring, and entertaining book stems from the fact that it is not about how all kinds of things grow from seeds; it is about the seeds themselves." -- Mark Kurlansky, New York Times Book Review We live in a world of seeds. From our morning toast to the cotton in our clothes, they are quite literally the stuff and staff of life: supporting diets, economies, and civilizations around the globe. Just as the search for nutmeg and pepper drove the Age of Discovery, coffee beans fueled the Enlightenment and cottonseed sparked the Industrial Revolution. Seeds are fundamental objects of beauty, evolutionary wonders, and simple fascinations. Yet, despite their importance, seeds are often seen as commonplace, their extraordinary natural and human histories overlooked. Thanks to this stunning new book, they can be overlooked no more. This is a book of knowledge, adventure, and wonder, spun by an award-winning writer with both the charm of a fireside story-teller and the hard-won expertise of a field biologist. A fascinating scientific adventure, it is essential reading for anyone who loves to see a plant grow.
A Triumph of Genius
Author: Ronald K. Fierstein
Publisher: Ankerwycke
ISBN: 9781627227698
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This major business biography of Polaroid and its founder and inventor Edwin Land, covers how the company grew from the initial Polavision prototypes during World War II, to the 1980s landmark patent infringement trial against Kodak that nearly brought the company to its knees.
Publisher: Ankerwycke
ISBN: 9781627227698
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This major business biography of Polaroid and its founder and inventor Edwin Land, covers how the company grew from the initial Polavision prototypes during World War II, to the 1980s landmark patent infringement trial against Kodak that nearly brought the company to its knees.
The Triumph of Music
Author: Tim Blanning
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141976454
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Once musicians such as Mozart were little more than court servants; now they are multimillionaire superstars wielding more power than politicians. How did this extraordinary change come about? Tim Blanning's brilliantly enjoyable book examines how everything from the cult of the romantic to technology and travel all fed the inexorable rise of music in the West, making it the most dominant and ubiquitous of the art forms. Encompassing balladeers, the great composers, jazz legends and rock gods, this is an enthralling story of power, patronage, creativity and genius.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141976454
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Once musicians such as Mozart were little more than court servants; now they are multimillionaire superstars wielding more power than politicians. How did this extraordinary change come about? Tim Blanning's brilliantly enjoyable book examines how everything from the cult of the romantic to technology and travel all fed the inexorable rise of music in the West, making it the most dominant and ubiquitous of the art forms. Encompassing balladeers, the great composers, jazz legends and rock gods, this is an enthralling story of power, patronage, creativity and genius.
Essays Written in the Intervals of Business
Author: Sir Arthur Helps
Publisher:
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Category : Business ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Publisher:
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Category : Business ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Essays
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher:
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Category : Essays
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Category : Essays
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Orations and Essays of the George Washington Bicentennial Nation-wide Oratorical, Essay, and Declamatory Contests in Schools and Colleges ...
Author: United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Essays of American Essayists
Author: Chauncey C. Starkweather
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Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Publisher:
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Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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The American Whig Review
Author:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. ...: An essay on criticism. An essay on man. Universal prayer. Moral essays. [Miscellaneous poems
Author: Alexander Pope
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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