The world's greatest fix : a history of nitrogen and agriculture /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Leigh, G. J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Nitrogen fertilizers > History.
Engrais azotés > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
Nitrogen fertilizers.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Nitrogen fixation, agriculture, and the environment
  • The development of agriculture
  • The development of English agriculture and the recognition of the fertiliser deficit
  • The discovery of nitrogen and the disappearance of alchemical nitre
  • The triumph of industrial chemistry
  • The continuing mystery of biological nitrogen fixation
  • Nitrogen, threat or benefaction?

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