Engineering the environment : phytotrons and the quest for climate control in the Cold War /

"This is the first history of phytotrons: huge climate-controlled laboratories that enabled plant scientists to experiment on the environmental causes of growth and development of living organisms. Made possible by computers and other modern technologies of the early Cold War, such as air condi...

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Main Author: Munns, David P. D., 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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