The Man Who Fed the World - Couverture souple

Hesser, Leon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1948460106 ISBN 13 : 9781948460101

Editeur : Righter's Mill Press LLC, 2019

Synopsis

Norman Borlaug was the only person during the twentieth century who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for work in agriture and food.  There is no Nobel Food Prize, so the Nobel Committee chose Dr. Borlaug as the 1970 recipient of the Peace Prize based on his dramatic scientific breakthroughs and wheat production technology that relieved hunger in much of the world.  During the previous decade, many people on the planet Earth, most notably in China and the Asian Subcontinent, were facing starvation, even famine.  Borlaug's revolutionary achievements relieved widespread human suffering and brought peace.
Dr. Borlaug was hailed as the person who saved the lives of more people--hundreds of millions--from starvation than any person in history.  He earned the distinction as one of the 100 most influential individuals of the 20th century.  His is an inspiring story; he went from an unpretentious Iowa farm boy to scientist-cum-humanist of world acclaim.

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À propos de l'auteur

Leon Hesser's service as a teenage soldier in the Philippines during World War II, and later with the Army of Occupation in Japan, exposed him to cultures and farming systems that differed from those he had grown up with in the Midwest of the United States. The differences fascinated him. After the war, Hesser married Florence Ellen Life, they had two children, and they farmed in Indiana until he was 30, when his city-bred wife encouraged him to sell the farm business and center Purdue University as a freshman. He earned bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees in agricultural economics at Purdue, with emphasis on international agriculture.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Righter's Mill Press LLC
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1948460106
• ISBN 13: 9781948460101
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 278
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible