Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Man's useful plants Man's useful plants Michael A. Weiner Describes some two hundred plant species and their usefulness to man in foods, beverages, medicines, fabrics, fuels, and other products. OL3388718W
The wonders of algae The wonders of algae Lucy Kavaler Surveys the many uses of algae, the simplest form of existing life and a chief source of food for space travelers. OL3508067W
Science and Colonial Expansion Science and Colonial Expansion Lucile H. Brockway "This book analyzes the political effects of scientific research as exemplified by one field, economic botany, during one epoch, the nineteenth century, when Great Britain was the world's most powerf… OL9222860W