Allaby Michael. Plants: Food, Medicine, and the Green Earth

New York, Facts On File, Inc., 2010. — 240 p. — ISBN: 978-0-8160-6102-0.Illustrations by Richard Garratt.Examines the efforts made by scientists in the fields of environment, environmental protection, and environmental science. Covering a range of topics - including the Earth sciences, atmosphere, oceans, ecology, animals, plants, and exploration - this title provides a panorama of accounts of particular discoveries and the people who made them.