Eating the Sun

How Plants Power the Planet

By: Oliver Morton

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Paperback | 17 November 2009

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480 Pages

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Wherever there is greenery, photosynthesis is working to make oxygen, release energy, and create living matter from the raw material of sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. Without photosynthesis, there would be an empty world, an empty sky, and a sun that does nothing more than warm the rocks and reflect off the sea.

"Eating the Sun" is the story of a world in crisis; an appreciation of the importance of plants; a history of the earth and the feuds and fantasies of warring scientists; a celebration of how the smallest things, enzymes and pigments, influence the largest things, the oceans, the rainforests, and the fossil fuel economy. Oliver Morton offers a fascinating, lively, profound look at nature's greatest miracle and sounds a much-needed call to arms--illuminating a potential crisis of climatic chaos and explaining how we can change our situation, for better or for worse.

Industry Reviews

"A rare delight....Oliver Morton writes so engagingly that [Eating the Sun] reads as a well-crafted biography of the earth on behalf of the plant kingdom." -- Prospect Magazine

"I enjoyed this book as much for the crazed asides as for the upsetting insights." -- Sunday Times (London)

"A fascinating and important book" -- Ian McEwan, author of Atonement, Saturday, and On Chesil Beach

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