The devil's element : phosphorus and a world out of balance / Dan Egan.

"The story of phosphorus spans the globe and vast tracts of human history. The race to mine phosphorus took people from the battlefields of Waterloo, which were looted for the bones of fallen soldiers, to the fabled guano islands off Peru, the Bone Valley of Florida, and the sand dunes of the Wester...

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Main Author:	Egan, Dan (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Phosphorus > Environmental aspects. Phosphorus in agriculture > Environmental aspects. Informational works.
Genre:	Informational works.
Physical Description:	xxvii, 228 pages ; 24 cm
Format:	Book