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Author Leigh, G. J.

Title The world's greatest fix : a history of nitrogen and agriculture / G.J. Leigh.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 242 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231).
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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Subject Nitrogen fertilizers -- History.
Nitrogen fertilizers.
History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Leigh, G.J. World's greatest fix. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004 0195165829 (DLC) 2003021366 (OCoLC)53162536
ISBN 1423720830 (electronic book)
9781423720836 (electronic book)
0195165829 (cloth)
9780195165821 (cloth)
1280532939
9781280532931