The garden of invention Luther Burbank and the business of breeding plants
Nature in an age of invention -- The lucky spud -- The second gold rush -- Faster, better, sweeter -- A personal interlude -- Marketing the new creation -- The philosopher in the orchard, the scientist in the pea patch -- California boosters and the ivory tower -- The Carnegie Institution seal of ap...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York u.a.
Penguin Press
2009
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Nature in an age of invention -- The lucky spud -- The second gold rush -- Faster, better, sweeter -- A personal interlude -- Marketing the new creation -- The philosopher in the orchard, the scientist in the pea patch -- California boosters and the ivory tower -- The Carnegie Institution seal of approval -- The training of the human plant -- Learning from Luther Burbank -- The Corn Palace and the empire of the prickly pear -- The meeting of the masters -- The garden of beautiful thoughts -- Transplanting the legacy -- The creator's art -- The garden as intellectual property. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-343) and index |
| Beschreibung: | 354 S. Ill. 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 1594202095 1-59420-209-5 9781594202094 978-1-59420-209-4 |