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A review by raviwarrier
The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History by Thor Hanson
4.0
It's always interesting to read about something that never crosses our minds in normal, daily life. Seeds are one of those things. I never really looked at the seeds, wondered about it (despite my curiosity) and thought about how my life and the life of everyone in this world is so dependent on something tiny.
Nor did I ever think of any evolutionary impact seeds, or for that matter plants, might have had on us as homo sapiens. Thor Hanson, does a brilliant job of plant those seeds of thought (pun intended) into the readers' mind.
The book is light and does not contain the heavy biological terms and jargons that other biology books have and manages to captivate the imagination of readers as the author takes us to various parts of the world, in this time and the past.
It is a book that will leave you with more questions or at least points to ponder over, which I think is the purpose of books. To leave the reader with a curiosity and the urge to seek more information.
This book checks all those boxes. I really liked the book and highly recommend it.
Nor did I ever think of any evolutionary impact seeds, or for that matter plants, might have had on us as homo sapiens. Thor Hanson, does a brilliant job of plant those seeds of thought (pun intended) into the readers' mind.
The book is light and does not contain the heavy biological terms and jargons that other biology books have and manages to captivate the imagination of readers as the author takes us to various parts of the world, in this time and the past.
It is a book that will leave you with more questions or at least points to ponder over, which I think is the purpose of books. To leave the reader with a curiosity and the urge to seek more information.
This book checks all those boxes. I really liked the book and highly recommend it.