Eating the sun

how plants power the planet

de Oliver Morton

"Photosynthesis is the most mundane of miracles. It surrounds us in our gardens, parks and countryside; even our cityscapes are shot through with trees and window boxes. Wherever nature offers us greenery, the molecular machinery of photosynthesis is making oxygen, energy and living matter from the raw material of sunlight, water and carbon dioxide." "Few of us understand its beautifully honed mechanisms, or the profound role that the carbon cycle it drives has played in the history of the earth. Eating the Sun will foster and enrich that awareness. It connects the inspiring stories of the scientists who have fathomed the depths of photosynthesis to the crucial role the molecular mechanisms they discovered have played out in more than two billion years."--BOOK JACKET.