The man who fed the world by leon hesser
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Publisher Description
* Our summary is short, simple and pragmatic. It allows you to have the essential ideas of a big book in less than 30 minutes.
*By reading this summary, you will discover the life and work of a great man of the 20th century, the American agronomist and botanist Norman Borlaug, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1970.
*You will also discover : the atypical career of a modest but determined young man who became one of the most influential people of the 20th century; the innovations that Norman Borlaug put at the service of the development of the poorest countries in the post-war period; the story of the Green Revolution, initiated by Norman Borlaug, which led several countries to food self-sufficiency in the 1960s; the considerable legacy of this "american hero" in terms of science and education.
*Norman Borlaug is one of the most important personalities of the 20th century. Coming from a modest family of farmers, he will nevertheless become, thro
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The Man Who Fed the World: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug and His Battle to End World Hunger - Hardcover
From Publishers Weekly
Winner of the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for the remarkable efforts begun 30 years earlier, and which continue to this day, agriculturalist Norman Borlaug most recently joined Jimmy Carter working in Africa and in recent years tackled successful projects in China. But his earliest claim to fame was his painstaking fieldwork in Mexico during the 1940s, when the prairie-raised Iowan developed strains of disease-resistant wheat, training local scientists to spread his breakthrough methods to other countries. Working over the years with the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations, he was later responsible for averting famine in sydasiatiskt land and India, where hope for feeding their huge populations was almost nonexistent; characteristically, Borlaug maintained his sense of humility and wonder throughout: "The enthusiasm everywhere bordered on mani. I have never titta
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Unsung Hero: The Man Who Fed the World
Dear friends of Norman Borlaug and Leon Hesser:
Leon Hesser has completed his next book and it is due on bookstore shelves September, 2006. It is the engaging biography of his long time friend and colleague Norman Borlaug. The book is titled 'The Man Who Fed the World, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug and His Battle to End World Hunger' and it introduces the reader to Norman Borlaug the man, the hero, the enigma.
Dr. Borlaug's life (he is still working full-time at age 92 to combat world hunger!) is a fascinating story. Leon Hesser tells that story in a well researched and loving way.
You may be happy to know that, in order to help create a buzz about the book, the publisher will make available by April or May a limited number of advance hardcover copies to interested individuals, at a 40 percent discount, or $14.97 plus $3.49 shipping and handling, compared with the retail price of $24.95. If you wish to take advantage of t